Kula Bhairava
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The protective Bhairava specific to a family lineage, worshipped alongside the Kuldevi as the household's guardian power.
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One each to Dattatreya, Anagha Lakshmi, the Kuldevi and Kula Bhairava, with two set to the rear
One each to Lord Dattatreya, Goddess Anagha Lakshmi, the Kuldevi (family deity), and Kula Bhairava, with two more placed to the rear for Maharishi Atri and Mother Anasuya.
Eight lamps to a side around the centre, with the Kula Bhairava lamp outside the triangle
The 24 lamps form a triangle around the center (8 lamps per side), the main deities' coconut lamps sit at the center with the Kula Bhairava lamp placed outside it, and the Karmasakshee lamp is set apart on the worshipper's right or in the Agneya (South-East) corner.
Ganpati and Kula Shakti first, then Kula Bhairava, then the 24 of the triangle
After the Sankalpa, light two ghee lamps for Ganesha and the family's Kula Shakti, then the Kula Bhairava coconut lamp, then the 24 triangle lamps one by one in a clockwise direction while reciting Deepdaan mantras or Dattatreya's name.
Bhairav worship at home: which form is safe, and why a Bhairav kavach should be kept siddha
The speaker says every follower of Sanatan Dharma must worship Bhairava at home, and the doubt that Bhairav puja cannot be done in a house should be set aside first; what matters is knowing which form to worship. Bhairav's Ugra (fierce) forms are not worshipped at home. One who knows one's kul Bhairav should worship him; otherwise one should worship Batuk Bhairav at home. He adds that some member of the house — especially the head of the household, or anyone who is a sadhak — should keep a Bhairav Kavach siddha for protection in life; there are many Bhairav kavachas, each potent in its own right, and the one he teaches here is the Batuk Bhairav Brahma Kavach.
The five deities of the Diwali deepdan lamps and the order of flower and dhoop offerings
The speaker says a flower is offered beside each lamp in the name of the deity it will be lit for: the first lamp for Lakshmi-Ganesh, the second for Lakshmi-Narayan, the third for the Kuldevi and the Kula Bhairava, the fourth for whichever Shakti Peeth is nearest to one's home, and the last for the Shiv parivar. He says Dhoop is then shown separately in the name of each of the five, in the same order.
Where the ancestors (pitrs) reside and how bodiless pitrs can be impurified
The speaker says families with recurring trouble are often told by a tantra-knower that their Pitrs have become impure, and he asks how that is possible when the pitrs' body is not made of the five elements. He explains that the pitrs have a vayaviya (airy) body, that their chief seat is beside the entrance door of the house together with the Kuldevi and Kula Bhairava, and that every auspicious (mangalik) work of the family happens only by their grace. Because they hold that authority, they can be reached and impurified — and only those who have gained divine sight by a Mahavidyas's grace see this correctly.
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.
One lamp for the Kul Bhairav — Batuk Bhairav where the name is unknown — and one for Bhagavan Narsingh, deep enough to burn three or four hours, five thin wicks joined into a single flame.
One lamp is in the name of your Kul Bhairav — and if you do not know the name of your Kul Bhairav, there is no difficulty, then in the name of Batuk Bhairav ji — and the second in the name of Bhagavan Narsingh. The lamp should be so deep and so large that it can burn for at least three or four hours. Five thin wicks are joined together into a single flame; five separate flames are not to be lit.
Is Batuk Bhairav worship needed if a Bhairav is already the kula Bhairav?
To Manjusha ji he answers that when Martand Bhairav is already the Bhairav of your kula, then there is simply no compulsion or need for a separate pujan of Batuk Bhairav ji. This teaching, he says, is especially for the 98 percent or 95 percent of people who do the puja of no form of Bhairav ji at home.
Why should every householder worship Batuk Bhairav?
The speaker says Batuk Bhairav is compulsory for every householder and every householder should do his seva puja. Those who have no knowledge of their kula Bhairav should also do the upasana and puja of the Batuk Bhairav swarup. Batuk Bhairav should be worshipped house by house, because it is by his kripa that protection is rightly obtained in the home.
Can karan be offered to a kula Bhairav if one's grandfather never offered it?
That the grandfather did not offer it is one subject, and that it is customarily offered is another, says the speaker. If it is customarily offered and he did not offer it, then he did a wilful act. If it is offered, then you may offer it and there is no bar on this — but it should be clear that yes, it is offered.
Why is Krodh Bhairav prescribed before yakshini or apsara sadhana?
The sadhana of Krodh Bhairav becomes extremely necessary in this, the speaker says: it is said that Krodh Bhairav should be done, and that without doing Krodh Bhairav the sadhana of a yakshini or apsara should not be done, because Krodh Bhairav controls her. But then who will control Krodh Bhairav? For his control too we must take refuge in Bhagavati — then Bhagavati's sadhana is needed. These are links joined to one another.
In what order should Mahadev, Parvati and the kula's own apsara be worshipped?
If you do the sadhana of Mahadev and Bhagavati Parvati, the speaker says, you will not need to do anything else at all. Even so, if you wish to go step by step, then the yakshini of the kula in which you are initiated, the apsara of that same kula who is proper for you, will be given to you by the guru. If you have done, say, 12 lakh japa of Bhagavati's mantra, then a sawa lakh of whichever Bhairav or Mahadev form belongs to her will be done, and after that the japa of the Bhairav of that kula — though Bhairav's japa and Ganpati's japa come first in any case.
What is done at the chaukhat itself?
The chaukhat is to be kept in particular attention. Where earlier the chaukhat, the dahleez of the house, was not considered anything at all, now people decorate the chaukhat: a beautiful rangoli is made and lamps are lit on both sides in the name of the kuldevi, in the name of the kula Bhairav, or only in the name of Bhairav ji.
What is the coconut deep daan and how many days should it be done?
The deep daan connected with the coconut — the gadi coconut cut and a hundred and eight wicks put into it, for the sake of the kuldev, kuldevi, kul devata and kul Bhairav, and for Lakshmi ji — that vidhi you should do especially for the five days. If you are not financially able, he says a gadi comes for about fifty rupees, so a day would cost about two hundred fifty rupees.
Is Batuk Bhairav sadhana required before a Sabar or Mahavidya sadhana?
Batuk Bhairav's sadhana is necessary in every house and with every power. Whichever form of the Mother you worship, Batuk Bhairav's worship is extremely necessary — after Guru sadhana comes Ganpati, after Ganpati comes Batuk Bhairav or a Bhairav form or the Kula Bhairav, and only after that the grahas of your chart.
How is the Kul Bhairav identified?
If you know your Kuldevi, you will come to know the Kul Bhairav. And Bhagavan Shri Ram's Kuldevi, the speaker adds in the same stretch, is Bhagavati Vindhyavasini.
What should be done where a Bhairav says he is bound in the house?
If Bhairav ji is in a binding, he will be the Kul Bhairav, and someone must have made a vow or a Bhog offering of that kind. Have Bhagavati Kalika worshipped and a Saptashati recitation done on the Chaturdashi, with the Chhidrapal Nikari — that will be sufficient, and with a Sankalpa for Bhairav ji's release, the whole work is done.
What should be done if a Kula deity asks for liquor?
First ask the elders of your maternal uncle's Kula which deity is worshipped there — Bhairav, or someone else. Very few deities in white garments ask for liquor. Find out first; do nothing without knowing. If Sattvik liquor can be given there is no fault; otherwise show it to a knowledgeable person and then act.
Can a family have no kul Bhairav at all?
No. The speaker says people fall into confusion over whether kul Bhairav exist only where Bhagavati is worshipped in the house as the kula shakti, and that it is a very great delusion to hold that kul Bhairav may not exist at all. It is simply not possible.
Why does a householder often not know who his kul Bhairav is?
The speaker says a householder may well have no knowledge of those swarups. But whenever a particular affliction is about to come, and one is doing sadhana and seva-puja devoted to some shakti of the house, the power that stands ready first to shield from that calamity is the most devoted gana of that arahdya, of that kula shakti — and those stand in the form of Bhairav.
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.
Which power comes first when a devi mounts someone in the house?
The speaker says that whenever a sawari of the household devi or of some shakti of the house is truly coming upon someone, the first power to arrive upon them is the Bhairav of the kula, the protector. He states that this applies one hundred percent to every such person, and that listeners are free to accept it or not.
Why must the Bhairav come before the devi does?
Because the body is made of the panchtattva. The speaker says that if you do pujan-path, the elements in that body must be in their correct proportion so that when the kula shakti or any devi comes upon you, there is no impure imbalance in the body and you suffer no affliction. For this purpose the kul Bhairav come first — whether for an instant, one or two minutes, or five or ten minutes.
How can you tell that the kul Bhairav has arrived?
The speaker says their greatest effect, or the way of observing it, is that on arriving they raise the jaikara. You may be worshipping them at home in any form — as a veer, as some dev shakti, possibly even by the name of Brahm — but as a dev shakti it is the Bhairavs of the kula who come first, and that is the thing to watch for.
What does the word Bhairav actually mean?
The speaker says the meaning of Bhairav is the one who does bharan-poshan, the one who protects. So Hanuman ji too becomes Bhairav — it is not that Bhairav means only the Bhairav we ordinarily know.
Can deities other than Bhairav ji hold the post of Bhairav?
Yes. The speaker says Bhairav's swarup is not such that Bhairav means only the Bhairav ji we know. The meaning of Bhairav is the one who does bharan-poshan, who protects. At very many places Hanuman ji stand as Bhairav ji, and at very many places Shiva ji himself stands in the form of Bhairav — besides which Bhairav ji's own root swarups, the different kinds of Bhairav, of course exist.
If only Hanuman ji is worshipped at home, who is the kul Bhairav?
The speaker says that if you have always done Bhagavati's seva-puja and Hanuman ji are worshipped alongside, with no other deva worshipped, then worship Batuk Bhairav in a subtle, symbolic manner, because everyone is present in the chowki — but the chief Bhairav will be the Hanuman ji already worshipped: they have become your kul Bhairav.
May a Brahm be given an independent place as a deva or Bhairav?
The speaker says never to give a Brahm an independent place as a devata or as a Bhairav on your own thinking — do or understand anything only after understanding his words fully, including who can and cannot be Bhairav. It is not like that: the adhikar of Bhairav is given by the Devi.
If the devi is worshipped but the Bhairav is unknown, whom should one worship?
The speaker says that if the devi is worshipped and you do not know who the Bhairav ji is, then worship Batuk Bhairav ji in the form of the kul Bhairav.
Can you ask the devi herself who the Bhairav is?
The speaker says that if the sawari of Bhagavati or of your household devi is coming upon someone, ask her clearly whom to worship in the form of Bhairav. If she says that until now no one has been given a place in the post of Bhairav, then do Batuk Bhairav.
Do the veers worshipped in households count as Bhairav?
The speaker says lok veers are served and worshipped in a great many households, and the veer too is given the place of Bhairav, since Bhairav's place belongs to the devas who protect. So whichever veers are with the devi are also in the form of Bhairav — and very often they are not.
May a masan ever be worshipped as the kul Bhairav?
No. The speaker says that never, even by mistake — if there are things of bhagatvaal in your house and among them there is a masan or things of that kind, and you worshipped them in the form of Bhairav — this will become wrong. All these matters have to be kept in mind.
What should a new sadhak do who cannot find out who their kul Bhairav and kuldevi are?
The speaker says that if you are newly doing sadhana and taking new information about who your kul Bhairav and kul devi are, and it has not become clear, there is no difficulty: do the seva-puja of Bhagavati and Mahadev, do the seva-puja of Batuk Bhairav, and the puja given in the form of Bhairav ji will be obtained by whoever is to receive it.
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 stands as Bhairav at the Kolhapur Mahalakshmi temple?
The speaker says that if you go by the tantra granthas, you will be astonished to find that there Ganapati is present in the form of Bhairav, as the dwarapala; and if you go by swarup-bheda, then Narayan turns out to be her Bhairav. According to the Puranas Ganesh ji is a swarup of Narayan himself, so a slight difference arises. He adds that he obtained this from the priests of the Mahalakshmi temple when the listener had asked before.
Does scripture support Ganapati standing in Bhairav's place?
The speaker says that whenever you read a description of the devi's loka in any grantha or Purana, this thing is seen there too: Bhagavati has innumerable swarups and innumerable lokas, and in whichever loka's description you read, very often you see Ganapati seated at the gate in place of Bhairav. This, he says, confirms what he said earlier — that it is not necessary that Bhairav ji alone be in Bhairav's form; it may be Hanuman ji, it may be Ganapati.
Is Khandoba the kul Bhairav for those who worship him?
The speaker says that Tulja Bhavani's case has been told; and Khandoba is indeed the kul Bhairav — it is Khandoba who is worshipped in the form of Bhairav ji, since Khandoba is a form of Bhairav ji himself.
What does the Mahabhairav mantra cover?
The speaker says the Mahabhairav mantra that has been put on the channel exists for exactly this purpose: by the Mahabhairav mantra the pujan of kul Bhairav, Batuk Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav and Kapal is all accomplished, and you may worship any Bhairav at all, any swarup of Bhairav ji, with it.
Who is the Bhairav of Mata Shakambhari, and is Nahar Singh one?
The speaker says that if Shakambhari Mata is the kuldevi, then her Bhairav will be Sadashiv alone; it will be a swarup of Mahadev. Nahar Singh, he says, is not in the form of Bhairav, but if they are worshipped in the house as protector and as veer — a lok devata seated there later for some reason — then that is a different matter.
Who is the kul Bhairav where Kamakhya Devi is the kuldevi?
Asked by a listener who writes that he is a Sikriwal Rajput whose kuldevi is Kamakhya Devi and in whose courtyard Shankar Bhagavan is worshipped, the speaker says that if Bhagavati Kamakhya is your kuldevi then your Bhairav will be Umananda Bhairav, and the second, the Mahadev, is Kameshwar Mahadev — so it becomes Kameshwari Bhagavati, Kameshwar Mahadev, and Umananda as Bhairav.
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.
What is the difference between the kul devata and the kul Bhairav?
The speaker says the kul devata themselves may be the kul Bhairav, and the kul Bhairav and kul devata may also be separate — it depends, and he has already told at the start how it is to be seen. He adds that where a listener writes that the kuldevi is Maa Manasa and the Bhairav with her is Makardhwaj, they certainly may be: whoever is doing the first pujan, whichever shakti they give a place to becomes worshipped.
Who is the Bhairav of Mata Vimala of Puri?
The speaker says the Bhairav of Mata Vimala — the Bhairav of that kshetra — are Bandi Hanuman ji, the Hanuman ji known there as the beedi-wale Hanuman ji; the chief pujan there in the form of Bhairav is theirs. Whether it be Vimala Mata or Bhagavan Jagannath, the whole responsibility of that place rests upon Hanuman ji, so the puja in the form of Bhairav there will chiefly be his.
Does Baba Karar Veer of Jaunpur fall in the category of kul Bhairav?
The speaker says this is not in his knowledge — he would have to ask about this matter of Jaunpur. He adds that he has already told what the method is, and it would have been better if the questioner had looked at it accordingly.
Who is the Bhairav of the eight-armed and ten-armed Durga?
The speaker says that if Bhagavati Durga is eight-armed then Nilkanth Bhairav, and if ten-armed then Nilkanth Bhairav as well. And if it is not known in this way, then Shiva ji himself is Bhairav — Shiva is Bhairav in person.
If Gauraiya Baba is the kul devata, who is the kul devi and kul Bhairav?
The speaker says that if the kul devata is Gauraiya Baba, then in the form of kul Bhairav it is he himself who will remain. The kul devi would have to be looked for, if none was seated later. What has happened, he says, is that in the present time lok shaktis have been seated alongside great shaktis, so how can he speak about a new one.
When a kuldevi's name is entirely unfamiliar the region is asked for rather than the Bhairav guessed at.
Asked who the Bhairav of a kuldevi named Maa Vish would be, the speaker says he does not know about everyone — the name is often such that he is hearing it for the first time, and he does not have knowledge of every region. He asks the questioner where they are from, saying that if they tell him he too will make an attempt to search it out.
May a brass lamp and plate be used for Deepdaan, and a coconut cut across?
Yes to all three. A brass lamp may be used in place of the clay one, a brass plate in place of the Dona, and a coconut that comes already cut across the middle will serve. The speaker notes his own were cut somewhat smaller for Kula Bhairav and for Bhagavan Datta, and suggests trying for a clean cut.
Kul Bhairav as the first recourse when pitr are held in bandhan
The speaker says that once you learn — through a dream or from a knowledgeable person — that your Pitr are in Bandhan and mishaps, suffering and stalled progress follow from it, the first and most distinctive thing to do is to take the help of the Bhairav of your own kula, if you know him. Wherever there is a kuldevi there is certainly a Kula Bhairava; every kula has one, subtly or manifestly, and kul Bhairavs are powerful enough to cut every kind of bandhan. He explains that a sadhak of the kula who did high sadhana may, after death, receive the post of kul Bhairav by the devi's Kripa, which is why he becomes a cause of sadgati for the pitr and the kula shaktis alike. So by his puja, archana, seva and anushthan the kul pitr are freed from bandhan.
Can Panchakshari japa be done to learn one's kula devata?
Asked whether one may do the japa of Panchakshari taking a sankalpa for knowing the kula devi-devata and the Kula Bhairava, he answers: yes, absolutely do it — standing in a river. Do it with whatever kamana it is to be done with, and that thing will be accomplished. Keep your surrender upon Bhagavan Shiva and do it with desire; why would it not happen?
What should accompany the daily japa at the threshold?
Along with whichever mantra you are doing, the speaker says to recite Bhagavan Batuk Bhairav's stotra and satnam at home daily — even once will do, though five, seven, ten, eleven or twenty-seven is wonderful. And certainly offer one lemon bali in the name of Bhagavan Batuk Bhairav, as Kul Bhairav, on the chaukhat of your door.
Can perfecting a negative shakti bar you from a Bhairav temple?
The second chief thing, he says, is that they are pushing the shastras and puranas aside and composing their own Bhairav. It is not the case that if you perfect some negative shakti you will not be able to set foot in Bhairav ji's temple, or that Bhairav ji's energy will say to you: no, no, do not come. The capacity to control negative energy, he says, is with nobody more than with Bhairav.
Which is the kul Bhairav to be worshipped?
Asked how the sadhana and anushthan of Kul Bhairav ji should be done, he tells the listener by name that Neelkanth Bhairav is his kul Bhairav.
A symbolic sharp weapon at the main door is the third fixture, kept for the Kula Bhairav
The presence, at the main door of the house, of a symbolic astra-shastra for the sake of the Kula Bhairav. Formerly, he says, sharp weapons of some kind were kept near the main door in front of everyone's house — small or large, symbolic — and it was upon these that the Bhairava of the kula used to be worshipped.
Which lamps are lit at the threshold, and can a chaumukha lamp be used?
A chaumukha lamp you can indeed put on the chaukhat, the speaker says, but rather than kindling a great many lamps, two lamps are enough. Whether it is a ghee lamp or an oil lamp will depend on whose lamps you are kindling at the threshold — because there the lamp of Bhagavan Narsingh will also be kindled; there it is kindled for the pitr as well, for the kul pitr; there it is done for the kul Bhairav ji too, and for the kuldevi too. So it will depend on whose lamp you are kindling.
What order must be followed before any principal sadhana?
In the field of tantra, before beginning any particular principal sadhana, the sadhana of Ganpati and the sadhana of Bhairav ji are extremely necessary. Guru, Ganpati and Bhairav run in this order: first guru sadhana, then Ganpati sadhana, then Bhairav sadhana — in which you may also do the sadhana of your own kul bhairav. After that the sadhana of your kul devi-devatas, anything connected with the pitrs, anything connected with the kundali; and only then do you go to the principal sadhanas. If the sadhana is connected with Bhagavati, then after Bhairav ji the sadhana of Hanuman ji should also be done.
Is Bhairav sadhana done according to the nakshatra?
He answers that Bhairav ji is seated in so many forms that you can do his sadhana in whatever manner you wish — according to the nakshatra, according to the rashi, according to the lagna, according to the fifth and the ninth. Which will bear fruit, neither you nor he will ever be able to decide. But this is certainly held: that the Bhairav of your own kula's devi is the most capable of giving fruit, or the Bhairav of the Shakti Peeth of the region in which you live.
How does one learn the form of one's kul bhairav?
A listener recalls that he has said the sadhana of the kul bhairav should be done, and asks how to know about the form of the kul bhairav, adding that the kuldevi is called Sati Maiya. He answers: see, if it is Sati Maiya then do the sadhana of Batuk Bhairav alone; hold Batuk Bhairav as the kul bhairav and go forward. Bhairav there certainly will be, but a kul bhairav is difficult to know in manifest form until someone tells you — so carry Batuk Bhairav.
Griha devata and kul bhairav balis after the keelan of a house
To make the house stronger, the speaker says a bali is given in the name of the place's deity — meaning one's own griha devata, not whatever deity happens to stand near the premises: give the nimbu bali at the threshold in the griha devata's name, place the two halves on either side of the house and burn kapoor on them. A second bali goes to the kul devata, the kul bhairav, if Bhairav ji is worshipped in the family. If this process is carried through, he says, the house becomes completely bound.
Kul prayog with a known or unknown kuldevi, and the kul Bhairav who always accompanies her
The speaker says a person will be in one of two situations, either knowing who the Kuldevi is or not knowing who the kula's shakti is, and the prayog is to be done in both. He says it is not only for the kuldevi but also for whichever protector devas of the kula hold the pad of Bhairav. He says one may take it as one hundred percent certain that a Kula Bhairava, a protector deva, is with the kuldevi whether one knows of it or not, in whatever pad, as a Veer, a Mahavir, in the form of Hanuman or of Bhairav. Bhairav, he says, is a pad obtained by a protective deva, possibly by an earlier siddha of the kula by the Devi's grace, and over time people forget or never learn of it.
Does the Jayanti Mangala Kali japa need a separate lamp of its own?
No, the speaker says, there is no such requirement. If there is no lamp at all then of course one will be lit; otherwise the lamp already there for the kula bhairav and the kula devi is enough. Make your sankalp in that one — they will become the witnesses of the act.
Which kula deities must be worshipped in Gupt Navratri?
Worship your own ishta, but in Gupt Navratri three works must certainly be done separately as well. The first is that of the kula: whichever kula devi is yours together with whichever Bhairav, about whom you have information — and even if you do not, then in their name, because in a kula there are both a devi and a Bhairav.
What must never be said or asked about the kula Bhairav?
The pujan of the kula must certainly be done, and it becomes the most necessary — and about it one should never tell anyone. About the kula Bhairav you are neither to ask nor to tell in place after place. If you have the information, do it; if not, ask the people of your own house, ask the elders — rather than going on posting and commenting everywhere. And even if you do know, never tell anyone that these are my kula's deities, this is my kula's Bhairav, they are so powerful.
Who is the kula Bhairav of a family, and how does he come to hold the post?
The raksha-pradhan chief devata of our house is the Bhairav of the kula. That post is held in one way by the bhairav of whichever Mahashakti is our kuldevi. In another way, those who in earlier times in our kula parampara performed the seva of Ma Bhagavati are, when their gati occurs and if there is such a wish, given such a post. But he insists this in no way means that some bhoot, pret or pishach has received the station of Bhairav.
How does someone with no Bhairav at home install a kula Bhairav from the Ganga?
Those in whose house Batuk Bhairav ji is not established should, if they are going to Ganga ji that day, remember him from there — standing in Ganga ji, remember Batuk Bhairav ji and the Bhairav of your kula. Take along a trishul, or you may keep a photo of Batuk Bhairav ji, or a shri vigraha; in his opinion a shri vigraha is proper if it can be had, and if not then you should take a trishul.
Every house without a place for Batuk Bhairav should perform his sthapana and pujan, and give Bhagavan Bhairav a place
He closes by saying: all of you certainly do the Ganga ji snan; and in whosoever's house there is no place for Batuk Bhairav, perform the sthapana and pujan of Batuk Bhairav ji in your house. All of you give a place to Bhagavan Bhairav, to the kula Bhairav. Abandon being frightened of them; abandon people's prapanch.
How many forms does Bhagavan Bhairav have, and which should a home worship?
Bhagavan Bhairav's form is not one. Chiefly he is said to be established as Kaal Bhairav, Batuk Bhairav and Baal Bhairav; the Brahmavart Puran and Brahmanda Puran give many forms, and the tantra granthas give many more that a reader will never have seen. At home, the speaker repeats, worship your kula Bhairav if you know him, or else Batuk Bhairav chiefly; a third option is the Bhairav of a Shakti Peeth.
If Jakhad Mata is the kuldevi in Rajasthan, who is the kula Bhairav?
He says he has no knowledge of that form of the Mata, so he will have to ask sadhaks of Rajasthan and only then tell the questioner.
Is there a particular Bhairav for a person by rashi or kundali?
If you go that far, then there certainly are, the speaker says: there are Bhairavs according to nakshatra as well, according to your rashi as well, according to the lagna as well. For those who have to go into the Krama Bhairav sadhana, everything of that kind exists. It is not necessary for everyone in that way.
Which mantras need shuddhi after a sutak, and which do not?
Asked how to purify the Sabar mantra of Ma Jalesa and the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak in sutak, the speaker answers: no — there is no need to purify a stotra or a kavach. It is the dikshit mantra, especially the one called the kula mantra, that needs purifying: the paramparagat gurus give the kula mantra, that is, the mantra which has been coming down in their kula from before. Second, the ishta mantra whose nitya japa you are doing. A stotra, a stuti, a kavach, a mala mantra — if you are doing a mala mantra a great deal — the Saptakshari, the Sahasrakshari and the rest, these do not need purifying.
Where a married woman without children begins her sadhana
For a married woman who has not yet had a child and plans to later, the speaker says her first sadhana must be the seva-puja of the kul into which she has married: its Kul Shakti, kul devata, Kuldevi and Kula Bhairava, worshipped in order. Rites for the Pitr she has done through her husband's hand, her father-in-law's, or whoever does the seva-puja there; done by the husband it reaches her automatically without her even having to ask. She herself begins from the seva-puja vidhi of the kuldevi, kul devata and kul Bhairav and, he says, must do this for at least one year, because the grace of that place is the most necessary for her.
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