Sharabheshwar Bhairav
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The Sharabha form of Shiva combined with Bhairava, invoked to subdue excessive ferocity, such as Narasimha's unchecked rage.
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Why shouldn't a beginner directly perform advanced rituals like Aparajita sadhana or recite Siddha Kunjika?
Advanced rituals like Aparajita sadhana carry powerful seed mantras (Bija Mantras) whose pronunciation must be exact — a beginner without the eligibility (Adhikara) to control that power risks serious harm from even small mispronunciations.
May the path of Sarveshwar Mahadev be done in a Shiva temple?
Yes, he says, it can be done in a temple; the ordinary path can be done, if the difficulty is very great and your bhav is in that form. But take care that in that Shiva temple there is not also a Narayan in the precinct. And secondly, brahmacharya and the rest will have to be kept very well, with niyam and nishtha. The path is not to be done in great quantity — do the path very little: three, five, or even one. Not more than that.
Who is Sarveshwar Mahadev, and why must no Narayan be present there?
Clarifying his earlier answer, he says the questioner had asked about doing the puja of Sarveshwar Mahadev. Sarveshwar Mahadev is Sharabh Akash Bhairav; and wherever his seva-puja or his anushthan is performed, there should be no shri vigrah, photograph, symbol or the like of Narayan. Narayan is present everywhere, he says, but since here karma is principal — and what we are about to do is connected with the tantra kand — no such component connected with him should be there.
Why is the Vaishakh Shukla Chaturdashi the most particular night in tantra?
Because on that one day fall the jayanti of Bhagavan Narasimha; of Bhagavan Sharabh Bhairav — Sharabh Shalu Raj, the fiercest, most ugra form of Bhagavan Sarveshwar, also called Akash Bhairav; of Bhagavati Pratyangira; and of Mahavidya Bhagavati Chhinnamastika.
Where should Bhagavan Sharabh be worshipped, and where not?
The speaker says that if you worship Bhagavan Sharabh at home, then Bhagavan Narasimha should not have a place there. Sarveshwar Bhairav should be worshipped especially in a Shiva temple itself. On the Chaturdashi, therefore, do the Panchanan Mahadev deepdaan in a Shiva temple, for the sake of Bhagavan Sarveshwar.
When did Bhagavan Sharabha take avatar?
When the Varaha avatar of Shri Hari Narayan took place, he says, Bhagavan Sharabha fought with Varaha. By kalpa bheda, one occasion of Sharabha's avatar was at the time of the Narasimha form: when Narayan descended as Narasimha, Bhagavan Sadashiva had to take the Sharabha avatar to pacify his anger, and had to assume the form of Akash Bhairav.
Which four jayantis fall on a single tithi in Vaishakh?
That katha is the most current one, he says, and it falls in the month of Vaishakh — on the coming tithi, one and the same tithi on which there will be Narasimha Jayanti, Sarveshwar Jayanti, Chhinnamastika Jayanti and, along with it, the jayanti of Bhagavan Sarveshwar as well, together with Bhagavati Pratyangira. Four jayantis, he says, fall on one and the same tithi. That one is somewhat current in the tantra kshetra.
What connects Varaha, Sharabha and Krishna?
The second matter, he says, is at the time when Bhagavan took the Varaha form. See this: the form of Bhagavan Varaha, the form of Bhagavan Sharabha and the form of Bhagavan Krishna — all three of these are connected with Bhagavati Kamakhya, connected with Bhagavati Sita, connected with Janak Raj and with Ram ji and all of them.
How was Shmashan Bhairav born, according to the Kalika Purana?
When the war between the two was over and Bhagavan Varaha had gone back into his mula swaroop, he says, then Bhagavan Sharabha began to send all his forms back into their mula swaroop — the eight ashtamurti he had taken shelter in, having gathered eight separate murtis to assume the Sharabha form. When all the forms had gone back to their places, from the mula swaroop that remained the birth of Bhagavan Shmashan Bhairav took place; he assumed the form of Shmashan Bhairav. The description, he says, you will find in the 53rd adhyaya, and they have written it in the video description too.
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