Kaal Bhairav
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Shiva's fierce, adult form, said to have manifested directly from Lord Sadashiva as the first Agni Linga — distinct from the gentler child-form Batuk Bhairava. Per the Shiva MahaPurana, he manifested from Sadashiva's forehead in anger and severed Brahma's fifth head for speaking a falsehood with the Ketaki flower's help.
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Which mantras are recommended for spiritually supporting the armed forces during a national security crisis?
Assertive mantras dedicated to Maa Chandika, Bhagavan Narasimha, and Baba Kalabhairava are described as the most effective spiritual support for the armed forces during war or conflict.
Starting tithi and setup for the Kalika Kavach sadhana: red dress and asana, two lamps, boondi laddu, camphor and cloves
The speaker says the sadhana is begun on Ashtami or Chaturdashi of Krishna Paksha, or on a Krishna Paksha Tuesday or Saturday. Clothes are red only and the asana is a red blanket. Two lamps: a single-wick mustard-oil lamp in the name of Kalika, and a four-wick lamp in the name of Kaal Bhairava. In Naivedya, at least one boondi laddu in each of two places, with one cardamom and two cloves on each. After the recitation, on the bare ground, two pieces of pure camphor together — bhimseni or the tablet kind, not the two-rupee variety — with a pair of cloves on top, in two places, are lit at the end, and a Bali of jayaphal is also given. The whole thing, he says, is a Dakshinachara practice that comes under the most ugra prayogs.
Difference between Kaal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav
The speaker says the difference is only this much: Bhagwan Kaal Bhairava appeared directly from the body of Bhagwan Sadashiva at the time Brahma and Vishnu were tested — when Shiva manifested his form as the first Agni Linga, the pillar of fire, the Akash Linga, the event celebrated at Shivratri and discussed in the Shiva Mahapurana. Batuk Bhairava, by contrast, is the child form Shiva took to calm Bhagwati Mahakali when she became uncontrolled after slaying the rakshasa Daruka.
When to establish Batuk Bhairav at home
The speaker says the day of Bhagwan Kaal Bhairava's origin is held to be the Krishna Paksha Ashtami of the month of Margashirsha, which is also believed to be when Shiva appeared as the Agni Linga. Bhagwan Batuk Bhairava's origin, his jayanti, is Ganga Dussehra — Jyeshtha month, Shukla Paksha, Dashami tithi — and on that very day his special puja should be done. Otherwise, he says, you can establish Batuk Bhairav ji at home on the Ashtami tithi of either Krishna Paksha or Shukla Paksha; and if the full festival of Ganga Dashahra is coming up around the time you hear this, in any year, do his special pujan vidhi at home on that day without fail.
Deepdan and bali for Batuk Bhairav at home on Ganga Dashahra
On the day of Ganga Dussehra, the speaker says, Deepdaan must certainly be done in the name of Bhagwan Batuk Bhairava. For the method, he points to the deepdan vidhi he has described for Kaal Bhairava in another video, and says to do that same vidhi-vidhan at home. There is no need to go to a temple that day: do the deepdan and Bali vidhi and so on for Batuk Bhairav at home, and this pleases him greatly.
Where does Lord Bhairava serve as Kshetrapala (protector)?
He is the designated protector across major divine centers, including Kashi (as Kala Bhairava / Dandapani) and Jagannath Puri (safeguarding the Mandapam during the Rath Yatra).
What is the Ganga Dashahara ritual procedure for reciting the Maha Bhairava Mantra?
Sit in the river up to navel depth at dawn and recite the Maha Bhairava Mantra continuously for 30 minutes to 2 hours (or 5-10 rounds on a Rudraksha or authentic Black Hakik mala), with intense focus on the forms of Kala Bhairava, Batuk Bhairava, and Maha Bhairava.
Origin of Kaal Bhairav and the curse on Brahma: the agni stambha story
The speaker tells the story from the Shiv Puran. Brahma as a swan went up and Vishnu as a boar went down to find the ends of the agni-stambha, the first to return with an end to be the greater. After many kalpas Brahma found no end, but saw a falling ketaki flower and made it promise false witness in return for boons; Vishnu came back empty-handed and told the truth. When Vishnu then worshipped Brahma with sixteen upacharas on the strength of that lie, Shiva emerged in anger from the pillar, and from between his brows a terrible being appeared, Kaal Bhairava, who cut off the lying Brahma's fifth head with his nails. Carrying the brahma-kapal, Bhairav incurred the dosh of Brahmahatya. Brahma and Vishnu begged forgiveness; Shiva calmed, but cursed Brahma that he would not be worshipped in mrityu loka, while granting that he would be worshipped everywhere in yajna and in the form of Vishwakarma.
Virabhadra's penance for slaying the sages and where it ended
The speaker says Virabhadra did Tapasya at many places to quiet his remorse for killing Daksha and the sages. He compares it to Kaal Bhairava, who cut off Brahma's head though the fault was Brahma's, yet still incurred Brahmahatya in the human world and wandered until the skull fell from his hand at Kapal Mochan in Kashi. Virabhadra's penance began at Kankhal in Haridwar, where the yajna had been, and continued at other tirthas; by a folk tale, which he says is not found in any shastra or purana, it ended at Lodhas village (Kawalesar Dham) in Itarhi block, Buxar, Bihar, from where he went to his own loka.
A shakti bound under Kaal Bhairav tells the truth, even that it came back empty-handed
The speaker says that if one worships Bhagwan Kaal Bhairava or one's Kula Bhairava and, through their energies and mantras, keeps a shakti like Masan bound and controlled beneath them, then it tells the truth — because one is not dealing with it directly and independently but keeping it as a servant for each task. When it cannot do a job it must report so: "there is trouble here, I could not do it, I came back empty-handed." If instead the shakti is free and the sadhak is under it, he has to move as it drives him.
May the shri vigraha of Kaal Bhairav be installed at home?
No. The speaker says there is no sanction for keeping Kaal Bhairav ji's shri vigraha at home; his swarup is not installed in a house because it is the ugratam form. Install Batuk Bhairav ji instead. A photograph of Kaal Bhairav may certainly be kept if one is drawn to him, but a metal symbol of his — a trishul or the like — must be kept before it.
What is done in the first mandal of the Mahabhairav vidhan?
In the first mandal, japa of the Mahabhairav mantra in which the names of Kaal Bhairav, Batuk Bhairav, Bhoot Bhairav and Mahabhairav all come — four Bhairavs are principally present in it. If possible, at least 41 malas each day for 41 days is wonderful; if not at one sitting then at two, 11 and 11 morning and evening; and if even that is not possible, at least five and five. If someone does 41 malas in a day — 21 in the morning and 21 in the evening — for the full 41 days, then one mandal is complete.
Who Mahabhairav is, and Mahakaal Bhairav and Krodh Bhairav with them, have never been taken up on the channel
The subject of who Mahabhairav is has never been discussed on the channel, he says, and there has never been any contemplation of Mahakaal Bhairav — which tattva he is, what his samarthya is, how he rules. What has been covered is more than sufficient. Krodh Bhairav or Mahabhairav are, in a manner of speaking, for the param sadhaks who rule and who carry such subjects. But if you take up the Mahabhairav matter and do it, you will receive protection immediately.
Where may those in Kashi do the deep daan, and who eats the prasad?
Those of the Kashi region who wish and have the capacity may do deep daan at the place of Bhagavan Dattatreya, at the Dattatreya Paduka Mandir where the diksha vidhan took place; or at the temple of Batuk Bhairav or Kaal Bhairav; or anywhere at Ganga ji's ghat; or, if they wish, at home. As for the prasad of the deep daan: of Batuk Bhairav ji all the people of the house will eat it. But if you are doing the deep daan at Kaal Bhairav ji's temple and offering naivedya there, then men will eat it and women will not. This must be kept in mind.
What can go wrong if an ugra Bhairav is worshipped in a house with a lok devi?
By way of example the speaker says that if you do the puja of Kaal Bhairav at home, or of some swarup of Bhairav that is ugra, extremely ugra, while the devi of your house, the kula devi of the house, is a different kind of shakti, a lok devi, then because of such a swarup of Bhairav, if some veers move with her, if some shaktis of a different disposition move with her, then somewhere or other they will be bound by the effect of Kaal Bhairav's mantra.
Which deities receive sindoor?
To Ganpati ji red sindoor is offered; his tilak is done with red sindoor, and also with roli and kumkum. To Hanuman ji it is with the orange sindoor, and his whole body receives the lepan of it. Of Bhairav ji too — Batuk Bhairav ji and Kaal Bhairav ji — the sindoori murtis have sindoor offered on them. To Vishnu ji, roli and akshat, a roli tilak.
Why is Batuk Bhairav recommended for every household this period?
Because he is the protection-principal deity and his pleasure destroys every enemy known and unknown. The speaker urges establishing Batuk Bhairava permanently in the household during this period, and warns against installing Kaal Bhairava instead.
Ninety or 108 days of continuous seva at an unserved Bhairav temple, and what it cuts
The speaker says: without touching the Shri Vigraha, place flowers and Bhog before Bhairava, light Dhoop and a lamp, do a paath of the Bhairav Sahasranama, the Bhairav Ashtak or the Kaal Bhairava Ashtak with bhaav, do aarti and come away. If such a temple where nitya seva does not happen is found and one begins seva there and goes continuously for three months — 90 days or 108 days — he will free one of every affliction, however great the court case, the false suit or the wrong prayoga done upon one.
Ugra vigrahas are worshipped from the side, never face to face, by a householder
The speaker says the Ugra shaktis — the shmashan forms of Mahakali, Shamshan Kali, Shmashan Bhairavi, all shmashan Shri Vigrahas, and any vigraha made in an ugra form — are not worshipped from in front. A Grihastha must not stand before their eyes, meet their eyes and do mantra japa; those detached from household life may, but the listener should not. So at a Kaal Bhairava temple where he is installed in an ugra form, worship is done standing right beside the Shri Vigreh, not in front of it.
Chaumukh lamp on black sesame, bhog and dhoop for Bhairav
The speaker says the lamp is lit first of all: a Chaumukh Deepak lamp on a heap of black sesame, with two cloves, one cardamom and camphor put into it, kindled in Bhairava ji's name. Then offer Bhog of imarti, jalebi, or dahi bada made with one's own hand, papad, or any sweet one wishes; then flowers, itra, and fragrant Dhoop or the Guggul cup sambhrani sold nowadays, burnt well.
Sankalpa paath of the Bhairav Sahasranama or Kaal Bhairav Ashtak, and the five camphor aartis
After the dhoop, the speaker says, do a paath of the Bhairav Sahasranama or the Kaal Bhairava Ashtak, taking the Sankalpa "O Bhagavan Bhairav, free me from this affliction". Then Aarti with a lump camphor tablet in which two cloves are placed, shown five times and kept near Bhairav ji; make kshama prarthana, say that all the Punya is dedicated to Bhagavan Bhairav, release water and come away.
What is the rule about jayfal in the khappar?
One thing only is to be kept in mind, he says: if it is a devi, then certainly give jayfal. If it is not a devi — as when you are doing it for Bhairav ji — then even among Bhairav ji there are Bal Bhairav, Batuk Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav, and in some places jayfal is not given. So do not put only the jayfal. In the Kalika Yogini there is jayfal; with Hanuman ji there will be no jayfal.
Which forms of Bhairav go with Sheetla Bhavani of Kade Dham?
Asked which forms of Bhagwan Bhairav go with Maa Sheetla Bhavani of Kade Dham, the speaker says that with Bhagavati Sheetla there is the form of both Batuk Bhairav and Kaal Bhairav. These two are what chiefly go with her.
What if liquor and meat are used in the food of the household?
Asked by a listener whether satvik puja causes difficulty if madira and mans are used in the food, the speaker says: do not worry — praying to your ishta and aradhya, change the form. You can do the upasana of Bhagwan Narsingh. You can do the upasana of Kaal Bhairav or Batuk Bhairav in that manner, so that no dosha attaches. Do the upasana of the form of Bhagavati Kali.
Where should Kuber's lamp be lit in a Shiv temple?
Light it toward the north direction, he says. Asked whether one may do any deep daan for Maa Kali, for Maa Bhavani, he answers: absolutely, you can. He notes that he has already spoken about the Yam lamp, and answers Subhash Chandra ji, whose Shri Kaal Bhairav Ashtak anushthan was completed on 7 November 2023, that it is no matter and there will be a conversation soon.
Batuk Bhairav sadhana as the third sadhana of a new sadhak
The speaker says that once the guru and Ganpati sadhanas are complete, the third sadhana is Bhairava's. Bhairav has many forms — Batuk Bhairava, Kaal Bhairava, Bhoot Bhairav, Mahabhairav, Shamshan Bhairav, Mahakal Bhairav and the Bhairavs of every Shakti Peeth — but the one a new sadhak must do is the Batuk Bhairav sadhana, for the security and completeness of his sadhana. Before taking it up, he says, one must first clear the fear that worshipping Bhairav brings bhoot-Preta; how much and how to do it is covered in separate videos, which he does not repeat here.
May the family eat the Bhog offered to Bhairav at home?
Yes, absolutely — the Bhog offered to Bhairav ji at home may be eaten by everyone. And the Bhairav Tandav and the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak may certainly be recited at home in the ordinary way, as may Bhairavam Visham-kasht-haram and Devraj-sevyamana Kaal Bhairavam.
How are kul Bhairav related to Kaal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav?
The speaker says that just as there are Kaal Bhairav, Batuk Bhairav and Bal Bhairav, who are mahashaktis, so in their amshatmak form there are such powers as have been given the place of kul Bhairav.
Kaal Bhairav Ashtami falls on 16 December, running from dawn at 5:30 through the whole of that day.
The speaker says Kaal Bhairav Ashtami this time falls on 16 December; the Ashtami will remain from 5:30 in the morning at dawn until the next day, so the whole of 16 December is Bhairav Ashtami. If you do not have knowledge about the Bhairav of your kula, then do their seva-puja in the form of Batuk Bhairav, or as he has explained so far.
Who is the Bhairav of the ten-armed Tulja Bhavani?
The speaker says that if you go to the ten-armed Tulja Bhavani, then the Bhairav of the ten-armed form is Nilkanth Bhairav. But there the puja of Kaal Bhairav is what predominantly takes place; Nilkanth Bhairav, according to tantra, is worshipped when the mandal pujan of that form is performed.
Who is the kul Bhairav where Sheetla Mata is the kuldevi?
The speaker says that with Sheetla Mata the kul Bhairav are Kaal Bhairav. If it is the Gurgaon one, then you can see that place's own; when you take from a Shakti Peeth, you should then proceed accordingly.
How should a woman do the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak if there is a problem on that day?
Asked how to do the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak on the day of Kaal Bhairav Ashtami if a woman has that problem, the speaker says that if such a situation arises, you can have the pujan performed in your own name by someone else. Do not do it yourself.
What kavach or rudraksha should a post-mortem doctor wear?
The speaker says that for a family member who is a post-mortem doctor, the kavach of Bhairav ji, the kavach of Kaal Bhairav, should be made to be worn after having its japa properly performed by vidhi. Never have it worn in a thread — have it worn in the silver or gold that they wear, according to their means, so that there is no difficulty from sutak and the like wherever they may go.
Which rudraksha should a post-mortem doctor wear?
The speaker says that if they wish to wear a rudraksha, have them wear a genuine one, not the dusting variety — of the good rudrakshas, have them wear the Kalagni Rudraksha, which will be most excellent; or else Kaal Kalagni Rudraksha, or Bhairav Rudraksha. From one of these two, or a mala made of both, of 27 or 54 beads as they can wear, and have the kavach done properly by vidhi: their spiritual progress will also take place, professionally too these things will work, and thirdly they will never have any trouble from pret, bhoot, pishaach and so on.
Who is the Bhairav of Mata Sheetla of Banaras?
The speaker says the Bhairav of Banaras will be Kaal Bhairav alone.
Temple bans on lamps and camphor: use the designated spot or offer a mental pranam
Asked what to do when big temples such as Kaal Bhairav in Kashi do not allow camphor, lamps or even akshat, the speaker says there is a reason — a recent fire at the Vindhyachal temple, lack of space, and one person's mischief making everyone suffer. If a designated place exists, light the lamp and camphor there, as Kamakhya has a whole separate lamp house with stands; if not, there is no alternative — offer pranam mentally and do not worry, because darshan is the main thing. At Kumbh too lamps will not be allowed on the ghats, and rightly so given the straw laid there and the crores who will come.
Worship at home after the Mahabhairav prayoga: Batuk Bhairav form only
The speaker says that if you do the path and puja of this at home, that is only afterwards, not in the beginning: at the start, as long as karan (Madira) is being offered, it happens at the temple. When you do it at home, lighting a four-faced lamp is no longer compulsory; you may light a one-faced lamp, and you worship the Batuk Bhairava form. At home, he says, you will not install the form of Mahabhairav or Kaal Bhairava.
Which Bhairav mantra should be used for sadhana?
The sadhana mantra of Kaal Bhairav, the Mahabhairav mantra, has been given on the channel Mahakal Status Official, the speaker says. Bhairav ji's sadhana should be done with that mantra; it is pranav-rahit. Also, it is a mantra samputed with the Bhairav beej, and any woman or man may do its sadhana without any doubt or hesitation whatever.
Why is liquor offered to Kaal Bhairav?
The speaker declines to answer here. Giving a reasoned answer and satisfying the questioner, he says, are two different things — the answer exists and others have already explained it, but the subject is not easy for everyone to digest. He will set it out separately, with proof.
What is the relation of Kaal Bhairav to Tripur Bhairavi and Dakshinamurti?
One form of Bhagavati is the satvik shakti of Kaal Bhairav, the speaker says: the Bhagavati Bhairavi of Kaal Bhairav is the satvik shakti of Tripur Bhairavi herself. And in some places it has been said directly that Kaal Bhairav is himself Dakshinamurti Shiva and Dakshinamurti Shiva is himself Kaal Bhairav. Therefore if you establish this kavach on the trishul of the Kaal Bhairav jayanti anushthan, or on a trishul you have fixed yourself, it is exceedingly excellent — the protection of the house will increase fourfold.
Can Dattatreya's 108-name tarpan and the pitr rite be done on the same day?
Asked whether the 108-name tarpan of Bhagavan Dattatreya ji for the kula pitrs and the pitr rite can both be done on one day, and whether to do it on the 26th or 27th, he answers: do it early in the morning on the 27th; if it is to be done in the afternoon, then do it on the 26th. Asked by someone who has accomplished the siddhi of the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak whether he may do this besides Mahabhairav, for help, he answers: you certainly can.
At what time should Bhairav and Shani be worshipped?
Keep the time of the puja and seva of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav, Bhagavan Batuk Bhairav, Bhagavan Mahabhairav and Shani Deva from after sandhya, when it begins to grow a little dark, until night, he says; and keep this one before sunrise in the morning. It is very greatly fruitful.
Kavach siddhi and the deity's power manifesting in a crisis
From his own experience, the speaker says that when the mantras of a Kavach are made siddh — he names Kaal Bhairav's — the deity's own tattva enters the sadhak, to the point that ten men together cannot beat him. The condition is that the mantra's Purashcharana is done by its vidhi, with full dedication. Then, when calamity comes — an attack, an attempt on the family's honour — that tattva awakens tenfold; he calls this Kundalini awakening, and says the same capability is given whether one worships Batuk Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav or Mahakal.
Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam: daily recitation or only in adversity
The speaker rejects the teaching, given by some, that the Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam should not be recited daily but only in adversity. Which of you, he asks, is living in a time of such comfort — a crorepati, free of illness, with a family in full happiness — that you have no adversity? Recite the ashtakams without worry. He adds a wider rule: choose at least one veer-pradhan shakti to serve, and take up the veer svaroop of your own ishta — a devotee of Krishna should worship Krishna's heroic form too, not lose himself only in Bal Mukund and forget the leelas in which Krishna slew enemies and danavas.
Care of a consecrated Kaal Bhairav mala when its beads break
The Mala given after the Kaal Bhairav anushthan has 109 beads. If a bead breaks, the speaker says, do not add a new one — restring what remains and wear it; the mala stays complete for you until it drops below 99 beads. If the thread breaks, restring it, do Mahabhairav japa and wear it again; sutak of birth or death, a woman's rajodarshan, or washing it bring no dosh. A broken bead means a blow that was due to you — from a fierce prayoga or a bad dasha — has been mostly absorbed: a broken leg becomes a sprained toe. Such power belongs only to a genuine mala (not bone), strung by a Hindu craftsman in a nakshatra like Pushya Nakshatra, given Prana Pratishtha, and charged with the mool paath of a Kavach you have japped 11,000–40,000 times, once on each of the 108 beads.
Misconception: Vaishnavas should not worship Bhairav or Hanuman
Asked whether one may worship both, the speaker says worship both without any doubt. Some "great souls" say there is no need to worship Bhairava; some Vaishnavas, even well-known ISKCON saints, forbid worship of Hanuman, let alone Bhairav — keep away from such people. If Krishna, who is Parameshwar himself, needed no such shaktis, why did he send Bhima to do tapa for Kaal Bhairav's pleasure and bring him to Hastinapur (the Kilkari Bhairav of Delhi); why did he direct the Pandavas to worship Hanuman, Shiva, Baglamukhi, and — in the Devi Bhagavat — Vindhyavasini? Philosophy has its place, he says; the sadhana side has its own, and those who mix the two are the ones who go wrong.
Sadhaks who attach Bhairav to their own names never say which Bhairav they perfected
These days, he says, the sadhaks of Bhairav ji are packed everywhere — Kapal Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav, people who attach Bhairav in front of their own name. Which Bhairav do they perfect? And they give such wrong information; one cannot say anything on their videos, and he says he never speaks out on it, but he listens, and hears in what manner people are being led astray.
Public Kaal Bhairav worship coexists with an inability to keep brahmacharya
You may go into the Kaal Bhairav temple and do his worship face to face — people are doing it well in Varanasi, he says; the reality behind is something else. They speak beating their chest, but they are not, in his phrase, langot ke pakke. He says he is telling it with full proof: it is only for the saying that yes, I am of Kaal Bhairav, and that they are such great sadhaks with such and such a siddhi. Go behind the curtain and, when you are faced with reality, you will find that they cannot keep brahmacharya at all, that the capacity to keep it is not within them, that the mental state is simply not of that kind.
The siddhi moves by Kaal Bhairav's order, but the order is given by the one doing the perfecting
Their siddhi took place under Kaal Bhairav, under Shamshan Bhairav — that is, they will move by his order. But who will give that order? The one who will give it is the person who is doing the perfecting.
Which kavach of Kaal Bhairav should be recited?
Asked which kavach of Kaal Bhairav ji should be recited, he answers by name: recite the kavach of the Rudrayamala; the Rudrayamala will be best of all. Read the phalashruti, he adds, and if it is written in the phalashruti that an uninitiated person should not recite it, then do not recite it.
What is the name of Batuk Bhairav's vahan?
Asked the name of Batuk Bhairav ji's vahan, the speaker first says Kaal Kantak, then corrects himself: the name of Kaal Bhairav ji's vahan is Kaal Kantak. The name of Batuk Bhairav ji's vahan is different and is not coming to his attention. Kaal Kantak is theirs, Kaal Bhairav ji's, of the chief svarup. Asked further who the Bhairav ji of Mata Kela Devi is, he says he has no knowledge of it.
Should a Kaal Bhairav anushthan or Vipreet Pratyangira be done for a brahmarakshas?
Asked whether, to remove a brahmarakshas, it would be proper to have a Kaal Bhairav anushthan or a Vipreet Pratyangira performed, the speaker says both are proper: you may have either of the two done — you may have Kaal Bhairav done, and you may also have Vipreet Pratyangira done. Asked whether a photograph of Mahakaleshwar Baba may be put on the wall of the house, he says it absolutely may.
May a householder worship Kaal Bhairav at home?
Asked which stotra or paath of Hanuman ji is good for all kinds of situations, the speaker says: do the Badvanal. Asked whether householders may do the puja of Kaal Bhairav, he says that at home, instead of doing the mantra japa, puja and sthapana of Kaal Bhairav, one should do that of Batuk Bhairav; the puja of Kaal Bhairav should be done outside the house, in a Shiva temple and such.
Will Kaal Bhairav stop a masan?
Nobody will tell you a prayoga connected with Batuk Bhairav or Bal Bhairav; he will say Kaal Bhairav. Kaal Bhairav will not stop them, the speaker says — know it clearly. Kaal Bhairav will stop them only when, along with that masan, the mother of the one in the womb is also alive and has herself walked in tantra, that is, a Dakini. Only if Dakini and masan are together will Kaal Bhairav place a restraint there.
Which Bhairav is worshipped where Sheetla Mata is the kuldevi?
He says both Bhairavs are worshipped alongside Sheetla Mata. Go into the region of Chhattisgarh and it is Kaal Bhairav there; go into the region of Bihar and it is Batuk Bhairav. Go into the region of Uttar Pradesh and the two are in different places, different Bhairavs. So you will have to see which of them are worshipped in your own place, and do accordingly.
What of the experience during the Kaal Bhairavashtakam?
Manoj Shravan ji says that having formerly done the sadhana of the Kaal Bhairavashtakam, on doing one mala of japa it felt as if someone were standing behind him in the room, and that it was a very intense experience. The speaker says it is a good thing. Asked whether the 64 Yogini Nam Stotra has any utility, he answers that it has very great utility.
Why is the vahan of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav a dog?
Asked why the vahan of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav is the dog, the speaker gives two chief reasons: rakshak — protector — and paap bhakshan, the devouring of sin.
If one already recites the Kaal Bhairav kavach, should the Datt Panjar kavach also be recited?
Asked whether, reciting the Kaal Bhairava kavach, one should also recite the Datt Panjar kavach, the speaker says: do any one Kavach. There is no need to do all the kavachs.
May Kaal Bhairav be worshipped at home?
Only in the Kashi and Ujjain Panchakroshi and the Ashta Bhairav territories — where residents are obliged to it — or where he is the Kula deity or a right exists. Elsewhere, do not worship Kaal Bhairav at home; worship Batuk Bhairav ji in his place. Deepdaan for Kaal Bhairav is a separate matter and remains permitted.
Can one fire in one kunda serve several deities in turn?
Yes, absolutely. Lighting the fire once in a square kunda and then putting Palash wood first for Datta, then other wood for Ganpati, then Bel wood for Lakshmi and the sixty-four Yoginis, taking them in turn, may certainly be done.
With which name should the closing hundred and eight Ahutis be given?
Have a hundred and eight Ahutis offered with the Jayanti Mangala — that will cover everything.
Why does knowing a kshetra's Mahima matter?
Because the benefit only comes to those who know it. If you know the glory of Tirtharaj Prayag, of the Kashi kshetra, of the Ganga and Godavari, of every great tirtha, then you can take its benefit and get clear of these things. Otherwise spend a hundred years in Kashi and nothing will happen.
Dehleez raksha vidhan: Saptashloki siddhi, Kaal Bhairav ekakshari japa, samput path over a copper lota, and the water poured on the threshold
The vidhan the speaker gave has three parts. First, siddh the Saptashloki with 7000 Japa; the sadhak did this over six months, from Sharadiya Navratri to a little before Chaitra Navratri, though it was complete in three. Second, at chaitra-navratri take the Ekakshari bija of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairava, the single bija only, and do 1.25 lakh japa, extended to 4 lakh so that the bija became prachand; the sadhak already wore the Yajnopavita from his wedding and did proper sandhya with the Gayatri updesh of a good acharya. Third, from baglamukhi-jayanti, do the Samput path of the Saptashloki with that ekakshari bija, by the samput method on the channel, holding a copper lota of water with Gud, a few red or rose petals and a little rose ittar, praying that the house be fully bound, the dehri sealed, Bhairav ji's guard set on it, and any outside shakti that crosses it to do harm be destroyed and punished by him. A traditional Sabar Mantra with tantric pranav and bija, which he shared privately and does not give here, then sets the charged water in motion; it is poured on both sides of the dehleez, alongside the regular dehri pujan and the atta-deepak.
Result of the dehleez raksha: the attackers punished within 24 hours by a purely protective, unnamed sankalp
The speaker says the effect was prachand: on the very day the attackers struck the second time, within 24 hours two people of their house met with an accident together; as of October 2024 one has still not regained consciousness, in a coma of sorts, with brain damage and perhaps paralysis, and the other recovered slowly but is in a very bad state. He is not saying Bhairav ji instantly harmed them, but that the answer came at the same level at which the prayog was done. When protective shaktis are awakened intensely, he says, and the mind and bhav are pure, there is surrender in the vidhi, no dvesh in the heart, and it is done in a spirit of Sharanagat for the protection of one's family like a sadgrihastha, then the devata gives the punishment. The Sankalpa here never named any enemy; it was simply that whatever known or unknown enemies there are, whatever their prayog, destroy it or give fitting punishment, the ordinary protective sankalp, and that is the punishment they received.
The sadhak in the Bhairav samput case was a yajnopavita-wearing initiate who had already completed a four lakh purashcharan of that mantra
The speaker says that the sadhak in that video was a wearer of the yajnopavita and an initiated sadhak, who had first completed a purashcharan of four lakh of that mantra in the proper manner, because he was already doing Gayatri and the rest beforehand. He says he disclosed this deliberately so that ordinary people would not think the mantra was simply picked up and used.
Why is Bhairav connected with the kotwali?
Bhairav always moves in the kotwali, the speaker says. Bhairav pujan happens a great deal in a kotwali — knowingly or unknowingly, there is always some one person who carries that responsibility, perhaps only for the sake of his job. Just as serials used to show dacoits and robbers setting out after worshipping Mahakali, so in exactly the same way, to catch them, kotwali pujan is done. This is why Kashi's kotwal is Bhairav, and the kotwal of every kshetra is Bhairav.
Which Bhairav stands at Gaya?
Asked whether the Bhairav at Gaya is Kapal Bhairav as they have always believed, or whether — as a sadhu recently told the questioner — that is a wrong notion and the Ashta Bhairav are there, the speaker answers that the Shakti Peeth of Gaya is Mangala Gauri, the chief Shakti Peeth there and the chief place of Jagadamba. To his knowledge the Bhairav there is Kaal Bhairav. What the reality fully is, he does not know at present, and about what he has no information he will say nothing.
Why did a headache follow mantra japa at a Kaal Bhairav temple?
You will have done the mantra japa newly, for the first time, he says, so there is a slight effect of the energy — and an effect of fatigue too; the body does grow tired. Next you will say that four hours of japa made your leg hurt, your waist hurt, that sitting gave you acidity. The body simply does not have the capacity. You will not do yoga, you will not do exercise, and then you sit four hours in puja — so there will be some pain until there is practice. There is nothing to fear here. Do not join every single thing to tantra; the body too has its own capacity.
Can Hanuman be japa'd in the morning and Kaal Bhairav in the evening for 41 days?
Yes, it can be done, he says — provided you have this much time and capacity. There is no difficulty, because you will be worshipping both in a satvik way, and that will do. But if you are going to do a special siddhi, then do only one of them; that will be better.
Can Kaal Bhairav be worshipped with Ma Durga in the darbari form?
The puja of Kaal Bhairav can absolutely be done together with Ma Durga in the darbari form. And the kshetrapal nikari, the next day, is to be cooled — if nobody has eaten it.
Who is Bhairav?
Therefore Bhairav ji, as the chief devata and as the raksha-pradhan devata, is sakshat Mahadev. Bhairav is sakshat Shiva, and he is from anadi kaal. Kaal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav are held to be his chief forms, in which Bhagavan Mahadev has manifested and taken avatar; and besides them there are many Bhairavs who perform rakshan at the Shakti Peethas.
Which tantric forms of Krishna can people not digest?
People cannot digest those charitras in which Shri Krishna assumed divine tantric forms, he says — forms nearly extinct today, or which people do not wish to know, or ignore even when they know. On Ashtami, especially, we perform pujan of Bhagavan's Kaal Bhairav form; the Ashtami of Krishna Paksha is called Kalashtami, and most of the forms that arose on a Krishna Paksha Ashtami are tantric ugra forms.
Kalashtami and Kaal Bhairav, his relation with Krishna, and Jagannath as the Bhairav of the Shakti Peeth are never taken up publicly
Krishna Paksha Ashtami as Kalashtami and the presence of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav; what relation the Kaal Bhairav form has with Bhagavan Krishna; what the matter of Bhagavan Shri Jagannath ji is with Kaal Bhairav ji; how Bhagavan Jagannath Swami is present in two places in the Bhairav form; and why Jagannath Swami himself is called the Bhairav of that Shakti Peeth, how he became Bhairav — on these, he says, there will be no discussion, because if there is, people's minds will go to the other forms.
Can Kaal Bhairav of Kashi, the most ugra form, be worshipped inside a house?
He is the protector of Manikarnika and the rakshak of Ma Vishalakshi, and people ask whether so ugra a form can be worshipped at home. The speaker answers that performing entirely ordinary pujan of Kaal Bhairav creates no difficulty; but if you are doing vishisht pujan, keeping his swaroop before you, then move into the Batuk swaroop — he too is the very same.
Who may take the bhog of which Bhairav?
Whatever bhog or prasad is offered when you do Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav's puja in a temple, women are not to accept it and it is not to be given to them. Batuk Bhairav's bhog — offer him boondi ka laddu, or whatever you offer — may be accepted equally by women and men alike. The bhog offered in Mahabhairav pujan, whose mantra is on the channel, may likewise be accepted by everyone if the pujan is done at home; everyone may take the prasad.
What is the difference between Batuk, Kaal Bhairav and each Devi's own Bhairav?
Asked about Batuk, Kaal Bhairav, all the Mahapeers, and the purusha tattva Bhairav who is each Durga's own consort form, the speaker answers that everything is separate according to the swaroop. There are differences — and even being different, all are one.
Can the Kaal Bhairav mantra be done as mental japa?
The mental japa of Kaal Bhairav's mantra can be done, the speaker says, and it can be done while seated in the pujan.
Can havan be performed with the Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam?
Yes, it can be done and there is no difficulty, the speaker says — quoting the line "काशिका पुराधिनाथ काल भैरवम भजे". If you have faith in the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak and wish to do havan with it, do it.
If Kaal Bhairav stands with Bhagavati Brahmani in a temple, whom should one worship?
If Kaal Bhairav ji is installed in the temple along with Bhagavati Brahmani, then you should worship those very ones, the speaker says. If you are looking at the Ashta Bhairav according to the Ashtamatrika, that will apply only when you have it from a guru parampara. For whatever reason Kaal Bhairav has been installed with Bhagavati Brahmani in your temple, worship them; the remaining forms you may look at.
What is Kalashtami, and who especially should keep the Kaal Bhairav Ashtami vrat?
On the Ashtami — the Krishna Paksha Ashtami — falls Bhairav ji's Ashtami, the Kalashtami, in every month, and it is on that day that the upvas is kept. Especially those whose life, according to their kundali as told by some jyotishi, is affected, or who in this very life have committed some unpardonable sin whose remission is not taking place and which is causing great suffering, or to whom some accident or event has occurred — they should consult some good scholar and, according to the rule laid down for Kaal Bhairav Ashtami, keep the vrat, upasana and puja.
What sattvik bhog should be offered to Batuk Bhairav at home?
Offer boondi ka laddu; among sweets, in the nitya pujan bhog, you may offer him kishmish, kaju, panchmeva and the like if you wish. And that bhog may be accepted by everyone — Batuk Bhairav's bhog will be accepted by all: women, men, children, the aged. When the pujan of Kaal Bhairav is done, only men should eat his bhog.
How does one speak with Kaal Bhairav once his Sabar mantra is siddh?
If it has become siddh, the speaker answers, what difficulty is there in speaking? Say hello, hello. Bhairav ji will speak from that side when the other man speaks — and you are not speaking from this side at all. If the mantra has become siddh, Kaal Bhairav ji will be waiting for when you will speak from your side.
Does one obtain a doot when the Kaal Bhairav Sabar mantra is siddh?
Why would one not obtain it, the speaker answers — one certainly would. Go and ask Kaal Bhairav ji; then he will not refuse. But he adds that the questioners should ask the person from whom they took the mantra japa and the vidhi vidhan they are performing, since that person will have full knowledge of which Sabar it was done with and which Bhairav it was addressed to. In Bhairav ji, in Kaal Bhairav, he says, there is a great deal more besides.
How should madira bhog be offered to Kaal Bhairav?
Not by yourself, the speaker says. If you wish to offer madira bhog to Kaal Bhairav, then have it offered through the pujari of a Kaal Bhairav temple, wherever his pujari is; he will make the sankalp in your name and offer it. Do not offer it yourself if you are not initiated.
What may an uninitiated person offer to Kaal Bhairav in place of madira?
You are not initiated, the speaker says, so you should not offer madira bhog to Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav yourself. In that case you should offer sattvik madira: mix ginger and jaggery in water, and you may offer that as bhog. For full madira, one must be initiated.
How is Mrityunjay Bhairav made siddh?
You people have to make him siddh directly, the speaker says — obtain his grace by becoming initiated. He closes by saying that from the next day onward whatever special vidhi vidhan is connected with Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav will keep coming on the channel, and that listeners should make their preparation.
Bhairav smaran, Mahadev stotra and camphor aarti after any Kalika stuti or japa
The speaker says that whenever you do stuti, path or japa of Bhagavati Kalika, you must remember Kaal Bhairav. Choose Batuk Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav or whichever Bhairav form you hold to be Kalika's, and recite either one's 108 namavali (the ashtottara-shata-nama stotra) or the Bhairav Ashtak beginning "काल भैरवम भजे", whichever seems right. Then at least remember, or recite, Mahadev's Panchakshar stotra or the Dwadash Jyotirlinga stotra, and after that always do an aarti with camphor.
Symbolic bali after the Kali kavach path because of its samhar bija
The speaker says that because the kavach uses the samhar bija many times — a bija that, true to its name, moves like a sword — a symbolic Bali becomes necessary after the path. The sattvik kind is Jeev Seva, which falls under Panchbali: roti to crows, food to cows and dogs, flour to ants, done without fail. Besides that, light a fire and burn at least two camphors, with two cloves on one in the name of Bhagavati Kali and two on the other in the name of Kaal Bhairava. If you are doing 100 paths a day, then before the camphor bring two raw green lemons, cut them upright and offer them as Nimbu Bali on two mandals drawn on a plate or the ground (the mandal is shown in the channel's video on offering bali); this keeps the kavach's energy balanced between your ishta and you so no sharp effect falls on you. Then burn the cloves on camphor before each mandal, do kshama prarthana repeatedly, and dedicate everything to Bhagavati.
What does the name Bhairav actually mean?
The speaker says that there is so much fear of Bhairav ji — yet the meaning of the name Bhairav is the one who removes fear and who sustains and nourishes the world; that is why he is called Bhairav. Here Bhairav has been made to mean the giver of fear: fear spreads at the very name of Bhairav. Bhairav — oh, he will be a tantric who does liquor and tona. And the serials show it in exactly that way, that the one saying Jai Kaal Bhairav is a tantric who takes away others' lives.
What has been done to the Navarna mantra in popular portrayal?
The speaker says these people use the Navarna mantra so much: some tantric performs a maran prayoga on someone, simply reads out a maran mantra, and the next man is finished on the spot. Yet the mantra by which every single thing of the entire creation can be obtained — the mantra called the greatest mantra of tantra, of which it is said that in the Vedas there is Gayatri and in tantra there is Navarna — has been turned by these people into a maran device. Kaal Bhairav, made as the remover of even the fear of Kaal, the Kaal of Kaal himself, is the very one by whom we have been made afraid.
Can the siddhi of Kaal Bhairav be accomplished on the nights of Diwali, Holi or Ashtami?
The siddhi of Kaal Bhairav will not be accomplished; his kripa may be obtained by you. Siddhi is a separate subject.
Why should bhakti and tantrokta sadhana not be mixed together?
Because what is tantra is tantra, and there both bhava and kriya are needed. If you are to go into bhakti, then do the navadha bhakti, do the sangopang upasana, do everything — but then do not talk of tantra at all, do not discuss tantrokta sadhanas. And then do not say that you wish to perfect the Kaal Bhairav danda, or the Neelkanth Aghorastra, or the Siddh Kunjika. Two things, he says, do not go together.
May someone initiated by a village guru perform the sadhana of Kaal Bhairav?
Asked by a listener from Chhattisgarh, initiated by a village guru, whether he can do the sadhana and siddhi of Bhagwan Kaal Bhairav ji, he says that for Kaal Bhairav ji he would say to do it while staying in someone's company. Batuk Bhairav ji you can do — the vidhi-vidhan is on the channel.
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