|
|
|
|
Kāla Bhairava Jayanti
Kāla Bhairava Jayanti or Maha Kāla Bhairava Ashtami is the birthday of Bhairava, terrifying form of Shiva, a very auspicious Hindu holiday and much observed by devotees.
It falls on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the waning moon (Krishna Paksha) in the lunar month of Margashirsha (as per Purnimant calendar) and Kartik (as per Amavasyant calendar).
Kāla Bhairava is the protector of the Universe (Kshetrapālaka), he is the Lord of Time and the manifestation of the wrath of Shiva. According to the myth, when Brahma arrogantly insulted Shiva, Kāla Bhairava sprang from the forehead of the enraged Shiva and cut off one of Brahma's five heads. Due to this sin, Brahma's head got stuck on Bhairava's left palm. To redeem himself from sin, Bhairava had to wander the world as a naked beggar. Bhairava's sin ends when he reaches the holy city of Kashi (Varanasi), where an ancient temple dedicated to him still exists.
Famous temples of Kāla Bhairava:
Kāl Bhairav Mandir is one of the oldest and most popular Shiva temples in Varanasi, the Murti (idol) is housed in the inner sanctuary of the temple, has a silver face and is seated on his Vahana (vehicle, a dog) with a trident. Only the face of the icon decorated with flower garlands is visible to visitors. The rest of the Murti is covered with a piece of cloth.
Only during Kāla Bhairava Jayanti the cloth is removed to reveal the whole image.
Kāla Bhairava Mandir, Bhairavgarh Ujjain - Madhya Pradesh. Located on the banks of the Shipra River, it is one of the busiest temples in the city, devotees offer alcohol to the patron deity of the city.
Prāchīn Kāla Bhairava Mandir, near Dohla railway crossing, in Dhuri - Punjab, is one of the oldest Bhairava temples in Punjab.
Mahā Kāla Bairavar Mandir, Dhombarambedu village near Uthukottai - Tamilnadu and many others scattered throughout India.
List of temples in india of Kala Bhairava
Bhairava Ashtami is observed in the Bhairava temple in the Vaishno Devi hills in Kashmir. On this day, an image of Kala-Bhairava is made of gold or silver and dipped in a brass metal pot filled with water where He is worshiped. It is said that the visit to Vaishno Devi is not complete without a visit to the Bhairava temple.
In all Shakti Peeth, the Goddess Shakti is accompanied by a Bhairava.
Bhairava has eight main manifestations (Aṣṭa Bhairava) which represent the five elements, plus the sun, the moon and ātman (the Self):
Asitāṅga Bhairava
Ruru Bhairava
Chanda Bhairava
Krodha Bhairava
Unmatta Bhairava
Kapāla Bhairava
Bhīṣaṇa Bhairava
Saṃhāra Bhairava
Dates next Kāla Bhairava Jayanti
2020 Mon 7th December
2021 Sat 27th November
2022 Wed 16th November
2023 Tue 5th December
2024 Fri 22nd November
2025 Tue 11th November
2026 Mon 30th November
2027 Sat 20th November
2028 Thu 9th November
2029 Wed 28th November
2030 Mon 18th November
अष्टभैरव ध्यानस्तोत्रम्
भैरवः पूर्णरूपोहि शङ्करस्य परात्मनः ।
मूढास्तेवै न जानन्ति मोहिताः शिवमायया ॥
ॐ हं षं नं गं कं सं खं महाकालभैरवाय नमः ।
नमस्कार मन्त्रः
ॐ श्रीभैरव्यै, ॐ मं महाभैरव्यै, ॐ सिं सिंहभैरव्यै,
ॐ धूं धूम्रभैरव्यै, ॐ भीं भीमभैरव्यै, ॐ उं उन्मत्तभैरव्यै,
ॐ वं वशीकरणभैरव्यै, ॐ मों मोहनभैरव्यै ।
॥ अष्टभैरव ध्यानम् ॥
असिताङ्गोरुरुश्चण्डः क्रोधश्चोन्मत्तभैरवः ।
कपालीभीषणश्चैव संहारश्चाष्टभैरवम् ॥
असिताङ्गभैरव ध्यानम्
रक्तज्वालजटाधरं शशियुतं रक्ताङ्ग तेजोमयं
अस्ते शूलकपालपाशडमरुं लोकस्य रक्षाकरम् ।
निर्वाणं शुनवाहनन्त्रिनयनमानन्दकोलाहलं
वन्दे भूतपिशाचनाथ वटुकं क्षेत्रस्य पालं शिवम् ॥ १॥
रूरुभैरव ध्यानम्
निर्वाणं निर्विकल्पं निरूपजमलं निर्विकारं क्षकारं
हुङ्कारं वज्रदंष्ट्रं हुतवहनयनं रौद्रमुन्मत्तभावम् ।
भट्कारं भक्तनागं भृकुटितमुखं भैरवं शूलपाणिं
वन्दे खड्गं कपालं डमरुकसहितं क्षेत्रपालन्नमामि ॥ २॥
चण्डभैरव ध्यानम्
बिभ्राणं शुभ्रवर्णं द्विगुणदशभुजं पञ्चवक्त्रन्त्रिनेत्रं
दानञ्छत्रेन्दुहस्तं रजतहिममृतं शङ्खभेषस्यचापम् ।
शूलं खड्गञ्च बाणं डमरुकसिकतावञ्चिमालोक्य मालां
सर्वाभीतिञ्च दोर्भीं भुजतगिरियुतं भैरवं सर्वसिद्धिम् ॥ ३॥
क्रोधभैरव ध्यानम्
उद्यद्भास्कररूपनिभन्त्रिनयनं रक्ताङ्ग रागाम्बुजं
भस्माद्यं वरदं कपालमभयं शूलन्दधानं करे ।
नीलग्रीवमुदारभूषणशतं शन्तेशु मूढोज्ज्वलं
बन्धूकारुण वास अस्तमभयं देवं सदा भावयेत् ॥ ४॥
उन्मत्तभैरव ध्यानम्
एकं खट्वाङ्गहस्तं पुनरपि भुजगं पाशमेकन्त्रिशूलं
कपालं खड्गहस्तं डमरुकसहितं वामहस्ते पिनाकम् ।
चन्द्रार्कं केतुमालां विकृतिसुकृतिनं सर्वयज्ञोपवीतं
कालं कालान्तकारं मम भयहरं क्षेत्रपालन्नमामि ॥ ५॥
कपालभैरव ध्यानम्
वन्दे बालं स्फटिकसदृशं कुम्भलोल्लासिवक्त्रं
दिव्याकल्पैफणिमणिमयैकिङ्किणीनूपुरञ्च ।
दिव्याकारं विशदवदनं सुप्रसन्नं द्विनेत्रं
हस्ताद्यां वा दधानान्त्रिशिवमनिभयं वक्रदण्डौ कपालम् ॥ ६॥
भीषणभैरव ध्यानम्
त्रिनेत्रं रक्तवर्णञ्च सर्वाभरणभूषितम् ।
कपालं शूलहस्तञ्च वरदाभयपाणिनम् ॥
सव्ये शूलधरं भीमं खट्वाङ्गं वामकेशवम् ।
रक्तवस्त्रपरिधानं रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनम् ।
नीलग्रीवञ्च सौम्यञ्च सर्वाभरणभूषितम् ॥
नीलमेख समाख्यातं कूर्चकेशन्त्रिनेत्रकम् ।
नागभूषञ्च रौद्रञ्च शिरोमालाविभूषितम् ॥
नूपुरस्वनपादञ्च सर्प यज्ञोपवीतिनम् ।
किङ्किणीमालिका भूष्यं भीमरूपं भयावहम् ॥ ७॥
संहारभैरव ध्यानम्
एकवक्त्रन्त्रिनेत्रञ्च हस्तयो द्वादशन्तथा ।
डमरुञ्चाङ्कुशं बाणं खड्गं शूलं भयान्वितम् ॥
धनुर्बाण कपालञ्च गदाग्निं वरदन्तथा ।
वामसव्ये तु पार्श्वेन आयुधानां विधन्तथा ॥
नीलमेखस्वरूपन्तु नीलवस्त्रोत्तरीयकम् ।
कस्तूर्यादि निलेपञ्च श्वेतगन्धाक्षतन्तथा ॥
श्वेतार्क पुष्पमालाञ्च त्रिकोट्यङ्गणसेविताम् ।
सर्वालङ्कार संयुक्तां संहारञ्च प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ ८॥
इति श्रीभैरव स्तुति निरुद्र कुरुते ।
इति अष्टभैरव ध्यानस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ।
aṣṭabhairava dhyānastotram
bhairavaḥ pūrṇarūpohi śaṅkarasya parātmanaḥ |
mūḍhāstevai na jānanti mohitāḥ śivamāyayā ||
Om̐ haṃ ṣaṃ naṃ gaṃ kaṃ saṃ khaṃ mahākālabhairavāya namaḥ |
Namaskāra Mantraḥ
Om̐ śrībhairavyai, Om̐ maṃ mahābhairavyai, Om̐ siṃ siṃhabhairavyai,
Om̐ dhūṃ dhūmrabhairavyai, Om̐ bhīṃ bhīmabhairavyai, Om̐ uṃ unmattabhairavyai,
Om̐ vaṃ vaśīkaraṇabhairavyai, Om̐ moṃ mohanabhairavyai |
|| Aṣṭabhairava Dhyānam ||
asitāṅgoruruścaṇḍaḥ krodhaśconmattabhairavaḥ |
kapālībhīṣaṇaścaiva saṃhāraścāṣṭabhairavam ||
Asitāṅgabhairava Dhyānam
raktajvālajaṭādharaṃ śaśiyutaṃ raktāṅga tejomayaṃ
aste śūlakapālapāśaḍamaruṃ lokasya rakṣākaram |
nirvāṇaṃ śunavāhanantrinayanamānandakolāhalaṃ
vande bhūtapiśācanātha vaṭukaṃ kṣetrasya pālaṃ śivam || 1||
Rūrubhairava Dhyānam
nirvāṇaṃ nirvikalpaṃ nirūpajamalaṃ nirvikāraṃ kṣakāraṃ
huṅkāraṃ vajradaṃṣṭraṃ hutavahanayanaṃ raudramunmattabhāvam |
bhaṭkāraṃ bhaktanāgaṃ bhṛkuṭitamukhaṃ bhairavaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ
vande khaḍgaṃ kapālaṃ ḍamarukasahitaṃ kṣetrapālannamāmi || 2||
Caṇḍabhairava Dhyānam
bibhrāṇaṃ śubhravarṇaṃ dviguṇadaśabhujaṃ pańcavaktrantrinetraṃ
dānańchatrenduhastaṃ rajatahimamṛtaṃ śaṅkhabheṣasyacāpam |
śūlaṃ khaḍgańca bāṇaṃ ḍamarukasikatāvańcimālokya mālāṃ
sarvābhītińca dorbhīṃ bhujatagiriyutaṃ bhairavaṃ sarvasiddhim || 3||
Krodhabhairava Dhyānam
udyadbhāskararūpanibhantrinayanaṃ raktāṅga rāgāmbujaṃ
bhasmādyaṃ varadaṃ kapālamabhayaṃ śūlandadhānaṃ kare |
nīlagrīvamudārabhūṣaṇaśataṃ śanteśu mūḍhojjvalaṃ
bandhūkāruṇa vāsa astamabhayaṃ devaṃ sadā bhāvayet || 4||
Unmattabhairava Dhyānam
ekaṃ khaṭvāṅgahastaṃ punarapi bhujagaṃ pāśamekantriśūlaṃ
kapālaṃ khaḍgahastaṃ ḍamarukasahitaṃ vāmahaste pinākam |
candrārkaṃ ketumālāṃ vikṛtisukṛtinaṃ sarvayajńopavītaṃ
kālaṃ kālāntakāraṃ mama bhayaharaṃ kṣetrapālannamāmi || 5||
Kapālabhairava Dhyānam
vande bālaṃ sphaṭikasadṛśaṃ kumbhalollāsivaktraṃ
divyākalpaiphaṇimaṇimayaikiṅkiṇīnūpurańca |
divyākāraṃ viśadavadanaṃ suprasannaṃ dvinetraṃ
hastādyāṃ vā dadhānāntriśivamanibhayaṃ vakradaṇḍau kapālam || 6||
Bhīṣaṇabhairava Dhyānam
trinetraṃ raktavarṇańca sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam |
kapālaṃ śūlahastańca varadābhayapāṇinam ||
savye śūladharaṃ bhīmaṃ khaṭvāṅgaṃ vāmakeśavam |
raktavastraparidhānaṃ raktamālyānulepanam |
nīlagrīvańca saumyańca sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam ||
nīlamekha samākhyātaṃ kūrcakeśantrinetrakam |
nāgabhūṣańca raudrańca śiromālāvibhūṣitam ||
nūpurasvanapādańca sarpa yajńopavītinam |
kiṅkiṇīmālikā bhūṣyaṃ bhīmarūpaṃ bhayāvaham || 7||
Saṃhārabhairava Dhyānam
ekavaktrantrinetrańca hastayo dvādaśantathā |
ḍamaruńcāṅkuśaṃ bāṇaṃ khaḍgaṃ śūlaṃ bhayānvitam ||
dhanurbāṇa kapālańca gadāgniṃ varadantathā |
vāmasavye tu pārśvena āyudhānāṃ vidhantathā ||
nīlamekhasvarūpantu nīlavastrottarīyakam |
kastūryādi nilepańca śvetagandhākṣatantathā ||
śvetārka puṣpamālāńca trikoṭyaṅgaṇasevitām |
sarvālaṅkāra saṃyuktāṃ saṃhārańca prakīrtitam || 8||
iti śrībhairava stuti nirudra kurute |
iti aṣṭabhairava dhyānastotraṃ sampūrṇam |
