Tripur Bhairavi
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A fierce Mahavidya form worshipped by high-level Tantric practitioners.
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Can a householder worship a photo showing Mahishasura Mardini with all ten Mahavidyas?
The speaker says he does not tell householders to worship all such forms together, because such a picture carries the presence of Bhagavati Dhumavati and the presence of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi. Forms of this kind are meant for initiated sadhaks and for those who have received a particular upadesh.
Pressed strictly, the rule would bar Chhinnamastika, Tara, Tripur Bhairavi and Dhumavati — and Baglamukhi too sits upon a shavasan; no one could then worship at home.
To a place its holders do not intend. On that reckoning, Bhagavati Chhinnamastika, Bhagavati Tara, Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, Bhagavati Dhumavati — and go a little further and, although you may say freely that Bhagavati Baglamukhi is in some kula, you should know that Bhagavati Baglamukhi too sits upon a shavasan. So how is anyone to perform pujan at home?
Which jayantis fall on the Margashirsha Purnima?
The speaker says the Margashirsha Purnima, one day after this session, carries the jayanti of three Mahashaktis at once: Bhagavan Dattatreya, Bhagavati Annapurna, and Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who is a Mahavidya. These three jayantis fall together on one day every year.
Which other form is a guru swaroop, and who is his shakti?
The second Mahashakti in guru swaroop, the speaker says, is Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva, and the shakti of Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva is Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi. The jayanti of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi and of Bhagavan Datta falls on the very same tithi, and he asks listeners to try to understand that rahasya.
Why is Tripur Bhairavi called the shakti without whom nothing new is created?
The speaker says Tripur Bhairavi is the shakti without whom no new creation can happen in the whole brahmanda. The capacity to give a base to anything at all, which Jagadamba or prakriti has given to a form, is present in the form of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi.
Which Mahavidya sits highest and which lowest on the Nilachal at Kamakhya?
The speaker says that the highest place on the Nilachal parvat, where a form of Bhagavati is seated, is the form of Bhagavati Bhuvaneshwari; and the form seated lowest among all the forms of Bhagavati there is none other than the sthan of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi. This can be seen directly on a visit.
How are the forms invoked inside the original Kamakhya kavach?
The speaker says each form is invoked by samput with the original beej mantras, asking that form to protect our own form. For instance Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi is asked to protect from the direction of patal, from below — and she will not be there alone: her trikut mantra and shatkut mantra will be there with the beejakshar.
Which further shaktis stand with each form in the Kamakhya kavach?
After the beej samput, the speaker says, the chief shaktis of each form also stand there. When one goes into the fully tantric form, Bhagavati Chhinnamastika becomes Para Dakini and Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi becomes Apara Dakini; with them two more root forms as Jaya and Vijaya are present, and samput is made with the beej mantras of their Rakini and Lakini, asking protection of these angas.
What does the lowest position of Tripur Bhairavi at Kamakhya mean?
Take up this subject, he says: when you go to the geographical position of Kamalaja Kamakhya and into the field of tantra, see that Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi has kept her place lowest of all. And lowest has come to mean that she is the adhara — without her, Bhagavan Shiva does not stand.
Where does Tripur Bhairavi stand in the arghi of a shivling?
In the arghi in which we perform the pujan of Bhagavan Shiva, in which the shivling is established, the ten Mahavidyas are present around Shiva ji in the ten directions — and among them Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi is manifest on the lower side of Bhagavan Shiva. She gives the base from there. The arghi you worship, essentially in the form of Bhagavati Parvati, is present among the ten Mahavidyas in the form of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi.
Why should Datta and Dakshinamurti share one tithi?
Who is her astra, he asks — Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva, who is himself the guru swaroop; and on the day her jayanti fell, Bhagavan Datta jayanti fell too. So was there a cause for both of them manifesting on the same tithi, at that very time? And in what way has Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi granted completeness to Bhagavan Datta?
Which shakti stood with Bhagavan Datta at that time?
You will be astonished to know it, the speaker says: at that time Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi was present in ten forms in the ten directions with Bhagavan Datta. In the messages put in Telegram it is written which form of Bhagavati was present and for what cause; there the nine forms are divided according to sattva, rajas and tamas, and one root form — Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who is the fifth Mahavidya — remained present with Bhagavan Datta in person. This, he says, is the rahasya.
Which mantra of Bhagavati can be done without diksha?
The root mantra for all the forms of Bhagavati that can be done without diksha, together with the full viniyoga and nyasa — Jayanti Mangala Kali — that mantra is present, the speaker says. You can offer ahuti with this mantra for the sake of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, you can do japa with it. You know this. You know the whole vidhi vidhan of the beejakshar ekakshari mantra, and you know the kavach of Bhagavati Annapurna.
The kavach of Maa Tripur Bhairavi goes out along with the Datta paduka in the present anushthan.
In the present anushthan, the Datta paduka is also going to you, the speaker says, and with it the kavach of Maa Tripur Bhairavi is also going; this Tripur Bhairavi kavach he has written about too. You can wear it, there is no problem — but if you fix this kavach onto the trishul of Bhairav ji, that is better still. You can fix it on a trishul you have made yourself, and if you wish to fix it on the one being sent from here, you can do that too.
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 clove, nutmeg and camphor be offered as bhog to Dattatreya?
You can, the speaker says, but give only the clove. The nutmeg, whatever nutmeg there is, will be for the sake of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who comes among the gupta shakti, the gupta yogini, of Bhagavan Datta.
Tripur Bhairavi, Maha Pratyangira and Bagla Pratyangira yantras are not for everyone
As for a thing that carries dosha: if you tell him to give the yantra of Tripura Bhairavi, he says, then brother, he cannot give it. In no anushthan can the yantra of Tripur Bhairavi or of Bhagavati Mahapratyangira, the one used for pujan, be given. Why does he not speak of them, why does he not make them available? Because they are not for everyone. Maha Pratyangira, Bhagavati Bagla Pratyangira — all these cannot be given. In Dakshinamurti there is a little niti-niyam. What is common is what everyone can perform pujan of.
Which flowers and malas should be taken for the Kamakhya pithas?
Separate flower malas were taken for all of them. Counting Bhagavati Tara, Kali, Bagalamukhi Mai, Bhuvaneshwari Mata, Dhumavati Mata, Tripur Bhairavi and the rest, there are seven places to go to, so at least 14 flower malas were taken — seven each, and seven for their Bhairavs and for whoever else is found at each place, or else two each, and along with them lotus and other flowers. That is, one mala of blue Aparajita, one full mala of java flower, one mala of yellow flowers for Bhagavati Pitambara, lotus flowers for all, durva and bilvapatra — all of these you may take.
How are the pithas arranged around Bhagavati Kamakhya?
This path now goes downward, to where Bhagavati Bhairavi, Tripur Bhairavi, the fifth Mahavidya, will be present. From there one climbs up to near Bhagavati Dhumavati, and climbing further up from Dhumavati one reaches Bhagavati Kamakhya. That is, Bhagavati Dhumavati is in the middle of the pithas of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi and Bhagavati Kamakhya. Behind Bhagavati Kamakhya's pitha are Bhagavati Tara, Bhagavati Kali and Bhagavati Chhinnamastika; and Bhagavati Bagalamukhi and Bhagavati Bhuvaneshwari — these two pithas are in a separate part.
What is the Kacchap Kund and what stands beside it?
They now reach the kund. This kund, the speaker says, is the Bhairavi Kund; it has many kacchaps in it and people also call it the Kacchap Kund, and there are very large turtles in it. Bananas and other things are kept for sale, for feeding the kacchaps. Here the two chief mandaps you see — one is Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi's and one Bhagavati Rajarajeshwari's. Both are tantra pithas.
Who is the Bhairav of Tripur Bhairavi here?
The darshan of this place has a very wonderful mahatmya, the speaker says. Among the nine pithas, the seven pithas and the ten pithas, the form of Tripur Bhairavi Jagadamba is here, and her Bhairav, Bhagavan Dakshinamurti, is present here in a fully tantric form. The Kamakhya kshetra is in itself a tantra pitha. Sitting at this place and doing japa, he says, you will come to know of a wonderful energy.
From the Tripur Bhairavi mandap the steps climb past Dhumavati to the rear of Kamakhya, completing a trikon parikrama
The mandap of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi is below; from there one climbs upward, going now to Bhagavati Dhumavati. Dhumavati is in the middle and Bhagavati Kamakhya above. These steps go straight to the rear of the Kamakhya temple, to the back of the door where they were lighting lamps. One can also go for the darshan of Tripur Bhairavi from this side; and going from the front means that a whole parikrama is completed — a trikon parikrama takes place here.
Tara Stotram sadhana of 43 days: only after diksha
Asked what to do on the last day of a 43-day Tara Ma Stotram, the speaker says he always tells people that all such sadhana of Tara Ma is to be done after taking Diksha. He has never discussed a 43- or 41-day sadhana on this channel, so learn the complete vidhi from wherever you took it — from your guru or guide. Tara is not a game; Bhagavati Tara, the tantric form of Kamakhya Mai, Bhagavati Dhumavati and Tripura Bhairavi are no joke.
Are the mantras of Bhagavan Dakshinamurti keelit?
Asked whether Dakshinamurti's mantras are keelit, and whether the Mahakal jyotirlinga is called Dakshinamurti because the jyotirlinga is south-facing, he answers that in the field of tantra the subject connected with Bhagavan Dakshinamurti cannot be fully accomplished without a guru. Many mantras connected with him are being circulated today as things one can do — but he is the Mahabhairav of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who is the fifth vidya among the ten Mahavidyas, and he is her Bhairav. Leave aside the question of keelit or akeelit.
How are the peeths arranged at the Kamakhya kshetra?
Taking Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi as an example, he says that when you go into the kshetra of Kamakhya ji, Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi's place is toward the lower side. Maa Kamakhya is above, Maa Bhairavi is below, and in between is Bhagavati Dhumavati. Now why is Bhairavi below, what is the secret of that place, and why is the Kakshap Kund there?
Who is the Bhairav of Tripur Bhairavi among the Mahavidyas?
Speaking of the ten Mahavidyas, he says one should know that of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi among the ten Mahavidyas, the Bhairav — the form that has been called Tripur Bhairav — includes Batuk Bhairav within it. That is, if in the Mahavidyas we are performing the pujan of Batuk Bhairav, then somewhere along with him Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi too is being worshipped. Therefore in one's own home the puja of Batuk Bhairav ji should certainly be done.
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