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The Eight Forms Of Bhairava Photo Essay


Bhairava is Lord Shiva in His Fiercest Manifestation.

It may be worth mentioning that Shiva is di erent from udra, which


is yet another manifestation of Shiva( Actually the pronunciation is
Siva).
“Kaal Bhairava is an erce incarnation of Lord Shiva. The term
Bhairava means “Terri c”.

He is o en depicted with frowning, angry eyes and sharp, tiger’s teeth


and aming hair, stark naked except for garlands of skulls and a coiled
snake about his neck.

In his four hands he carries a noose, trident, drum, and skull. He is


o en shown accompanied by a dog. Once Brahma insulted Lord Shiva
and his h head teasingly laughed at Lord Shiva.

From Lord Shiva came out the Kalabhairava (Black Bhairava) who tore
o the h head of Lord Brahma.
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Bhairava is Lord Shiva in His Fiercest Manifestation.

It may be worth mentioning that Shiva is di erent from udra, which is yet another
manifestation of Shiva( Actually the pronunciation is Siva).
“Kaal Bhairava is an erce incarnation of Lord Shiva. The term Bhairava means
“Terri c”.

He is o en depicted with frowning, angry eyes and sharp, tiger’s teeth and aming
hair, stark naked except for garlands of skulls and a coiled snake about his neck.

In his four hands he carries a noose, trident, drum, and skull. He is o en shown
accompanied by a dog. Once Brahma insulted Lord Shiva and his h head teasingly
laughed at Lord Shiva.

From Lord Shiva came out the Kalabhairava (Black Bhairava) who tore o the h
head of Lord Brahma.

On the entreaties of Lord Vishnu, Shiva pardoned Lord Brahma. But the sin (in the
form of a lady) of beheading Lord Brahma followed Kalabhairava everywhere. Also
the head of Brahma stuck to him. To keep away the sin and punishment which were
chasing him, Kalabhairava entered the city of Benaras ( now Varanasi ). The sin could
not enter the city. Kalabhairava was made as the Kotwal (Inspector) of the city of
Varanasi. Bhairava rides on a dog.

A pilgrimage to Kasi (Benares) is not supposed to be complete without visiting the


temple of Kalabhairava.’

The Eight Forms of Bhairava.

1. Asidanga Bhairava – Gives Creative Ability

2. Guru Bhairava – Divine Educator

3. Chanda Bhairava – Gives incredible energy, cuts competition and rivals

4. Kroda Bhairava – Gives You the Power to Take Massive Action


5. Unmatta Bhairava – Controls Negative Ego and Harmful Self Talk

6. Kapala Bhairava – Ends All Unrewarding Work and Action

7. Bhishana Bhairava – Obliterates Evil Spirits and Negativity

8. Samhara Bhairava – Complete Dissolution of Old Negative Karma.

Asitanga Samhara Unmatta Bhishana


Bhairava Bhairava Bhairava Bhairava
Kapala Bhairava Guru Bhirava Kroda Bhairava

Chanda Bhairava
for Energy

Description of Bhairava Forms.


Kshethra Pala Bhairava

[Guard of Earth Bhairava]

Raktha jwalaa Jada dharam, sasi dharan, Rakthanga thejo mayam,

Dakka Shoola kapala pasa gadha dharam Bhairavam,

Nirvanam Gathavahanam Trinayanamcha Ananda kolahalam,

Vande bhootha pisacha natha vadukam Kshethrasya palam Shubham. 1

I salute the leader of ghosts and Ghouls, Lord Bhairava,


Who wears the red ame as his matted hair,

Who wears the moon, who shines in red colour,

Who holds a drum, spear, skull, rope and mace in his hands,

Who is nude, who rides on a dog, who has three eyes,

Who is always happy and exuberant and is the guard of the temple.

Asithanga Bhairava

[Dark Bodied Bhairava]

Trinethram, varadam shantham, munda mala bhooshitham,


Swetha varnam, krupa murthim, Bhairavam Kundalojjwalam,

Gada kapala samyuktham, kumarsya digambaram,

Banam pathrancha sankham cha Aksha maalaam kundalam,

Naga Yagnopaveetham cha dharinam suvibhooshitham,

Brahmani shakthi sahitham, hamsaroodam suroopinam,

SArvabheeshta dharam nithyam asithangam Bhajamyaham. 2

I pray the dark Bhairava who ful lls all desires,

Who is forever, who has three eyes, who blesses and is peaceful,
Who wears a skull garland, who is white, who is the Lord of mercy,

Who shines in his ear globes, who holds mace and the skull,

Who is young and nude, who holds arrow, vessel, conch, bead chain and ear globes,

Who wears snake as sacred thread, who is well ornamented,

Who is with Goddess Brahmani, rides on a swan and is good to look at.

Krodha Bhairava

[Angry Bhairava]

Trinethram, varadam, santham, kumarancha digambaram,


Gadam shankam cha Chakrancha pada pathrancha dharinam,

Lakshmyacha sahitham vame garudasana susthitham,

Neela varnam maha devam Vande Sri Kroda Bhairavam. 3

I salute the angry Bhairava, who is blue and a great God,

Who has three eyes, blesses, peaceful, young and nude,

Who is armed with mace, conch, wheel, rope and a vessel,

Who is near Goddess Lakshmi riding on Garuda the eagle.

Unmatha Bhairava
[Frantic Bhairava]

Trinethram, varadam, santham, kumarancha digambaram,

Hema Varnam, maha devam, hastha vahana susthitham,

Gadgam, kapalam, musalam, dathantham, kedagam thadha,

Varahi shakthi sahitham Vande Unmatha Bhairavam. 4

I salute that Frantic Bhairava who is power called Varahi,

Who has three eyes, blesses, peaceful, young and nude,

Who is of golden colour, great God and rides on a swan,


And who holds sword, skull, Pestle and also the shield.

uru Bhairava

[Teacher Bhairava]

Trinethram, varadam, santham, kumarancha digambaram,

Dangam krisna mrugam pathram bibranam chakru panakam,

Maheswaryayudham devam vrusharoodam smitha vahanam,

Shudha sphatikam sankaram, namami uru Bhairavam. 5

I salute the Bhairava with the deer, who is like pure crystal and a destroyer,
Who has three eyes, blesses, peaceful, young and nude,

Who holds a hatchet, deer, drinking goblet and a sword in his hands,

Who has the armed Maheswari by his side and who is smiling and rides on a bull.

Kapala Bhairava

[Skull Bhairava]

Trinethram, varadam, santham, kumarancha digambaram,

Pasam, Vajram, thadha Gadgam pana pathranch dharinam,

Indrani shakthi sahitham Gaja vahana susthitham,


Kapala Bhairavam Vande padma ragha prabham Shubham. 6

I salute the Bhairava of the skull, who has a shining body,

Who has three eyes, blesses, peaceful, young and nude,

Who holds rope, Vajrayudha, Sword and Drinking Goblet,

Who has with him Indrani Shakthi, is being well praised and rides on an elephant.

Chanda Bhairava

[Fierce Bhairava]

Trinethram, varadam, santham, kumarancha digambaram,


Dhanur banancha bhibranam, Gadgam Pathram Thadaiva cha,

Koumari shakthi sahitham, Shikihi vahana sthitham,

Gowri varnayudham Devam Vande Sri Chanda Bhairavam. 7

I salute the Chanda Bhairava who is pure white in colour,

Who has three eyes, blesses, peaceful, young and nude,

Who holds rope, Vajrayudha, Sword and Drinking Goblet,

Who has with him Kaumari Shakthi and rides on a peacock.

Bheeshana Bhairava
[Terri c Bhairava]

Trinethram, varadam, santham, kumarancha digambaram,

Gadgam soolam Kapalancha darinam musalam thadha,

Chamunda shakthi sahitham pretha vahana susthitham,

Raktha varnam maha devam Vabde Bheeshana Bhairavam. 8

I salute the Terri c Bhairava who is a great God of blood red colour,

Who has three eyes, blesses, peaceful, young and nude,

Who holds sword, trident, skull and pestle in his hand,


Who has with him Chamunda Shakthi and rides on a corpse.

Samhara Bhairavam

[Annihilator Bhairava]

Dasa bhahum trinethram cha sarpa yagnopaveethinm,

Damishtra karala vadanam ashtaiswarya pradhayakam,

Digambaram kumarancha simha vahana samsthitham,

Soolam damarugam shankam, gadam chakrancha darinam,

Gadgam pathram cha Gadwangam pasa mangusa meva cha,


Ugra roopam madonmathamam bada vaalai,

Chandika shakthi sahitham dyayeth samhara Bhairavam. 9

I meditate on Bhairava the destroyer, who is with Chandika Shakthi,

Who has ten hands, three eyes and snake as sacred thread,

Who has protruding teeth, fearful look and grants eight type of wealth,

Who is nude, a youth and rides on a lion,

Who holds trident, drum, conch, mace and wheel in his hands,

Who holds sword, vessel, Gadwangam, rope and goad.


And who has fearful looks, wears skull garland and greatly exuberant.

Sources:

http://www.dharmavidya.net/description-and-forms-of-bhairava.html

http://bhajanradio.com/forms-of-kaal-bhairava/#prettyPhoto

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14 thoughts on “The Eight Forms Of Bhairava Photo Essay”

Dinesh Karthi
6 Jan 2017 at 11:32

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its really good work to show the basic eight bhairavas, but the picture of samhara
bhairava is wrong..
and my suggestion is , totally 64 bhairavas there but we know only basic 8 bhairavas,
what are the other bhairavas name and details of that? plss share all bhairavas with
name and picture.. becoz, i was searched but not yet..

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ramanan50 
6 Jan 2017 at 19:20

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Shall try.regards.

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Hema Chandrasekhar
4 Feb 2016 at 09:14

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Very concise and useful article

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nparamasivam1951
11 Nov 2015 at 15:14

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Super reading. Near Talaivasal of Salem, a Bhairava Temple is there. The Bhairava
pooja will be conducted at Midnight 12 . Worship of Bhairavar will send enemies
packing. Also our worries will be solved. Thanks for the eight super photos.
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Vadivu
7 Nov 2015 at 16:59

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Nice photos and useful information s. Which day is auspicious day for
kaalabhairavar

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ramanan50 
10 Nov 2015 at 09:59

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Sunday and Tuesday.

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Dinesh Karthi
6 Jan 2017 at 11:33

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ashtami

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6 Jan 2017 at 19:08

 
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S Krishnan
11 Sep 2015 at 12:51

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I just noticed that in the shlokas, the name is correctly written- uru Bhairava. It’s
the description above that had the mistake (or typo, if it was a typo). Many thanks.

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S Krishnan
11 Sep 2015 at 12:48

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Just thought I’d make a couple of minor corrections: It is U U Bhairava and not
Guru Bhairava. Also, ‘Kalabhairava’ does not mean Black Bhairava; he has
aadhipatya over the march of time (kaal) which is why the name.
Many thanks for posting all this information.

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ramanan50 
11 Sep 2015 at 12:53

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1.Shall check on uru Bhairava.
2.Kaala Bhairava , I am aware , is the Lord of Time.If i have made any observation
to the contrary, it is incorrect.Kaala Bhairava is mentioned as Black. This attribute
is probably due to the concept of Time as A Black Abyss.Thanks and Regds

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K.A. SIVANN PILLAI


10 Apr 2015 at 23:25

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Very nice to see 8 forms of Bhairavar. Send such photographs of
other gods/lords with their power and pooja type along with tamil slogams on
thiyanam,etc.,

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ramanan50 
10 Apr 2015 at 23:38

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Most of my Posts have relevant Images. shall try to post Photo Essays.Have also
posted slokas in Tamil, though not much.I shall do so in future.Regds

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N.Paramasivam
5 Mar 2014 at 23:07

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Enjoyed reading. Came to know Bhairava fully. Thanks.
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