Bhairavi Devi-Initiation With Nandhiji
Nandhiji invokes and channels the Bhairavi Devi mantra to awaken Her living presence. As the primordial source of abundance, Goddess Bhairavi empowers the flow of wealth and guides Goddess Lakshmi in bestowing blessings and prosperity
Bhairavi–As Depicted at Terracotta panels on the eastern side of Raghunath Mandir – Ghurisha
Awaken the Fierce Grace of Tripura Bhairavi: Transform Your Life Through Mantra Deeksha
: Burn Away Suffering, Destroy Illusion, and Ignite Your Rebirth with the Wisdom of the Divine Mother
Bhairavi is one of the most fearsome forms of the Divine Mother, closely related to Kali. While Kali is the overarching Goddess of Time, Bhairavi is often regarded as her destructive aspect. She is the consort of Bhairava, the fierce form of Shiva. Her energy embodies the intense, protective anger of a mother defending her child.
Her form is striking and intimidating—dark as the night, unclothed, with wild flowing black hair and a garland of skulls across her chest. Her tongue is extended, dripping with blood, as she roams in cremation grounds and places of death. In nature, she represents the inevitable forces of decay, weakness, aging, and death—realities that touch all beings without exception.
Bhairavi is known by many names, reflecting both her benevolent and terrifying qualities. The Tantrasara lists twelve principal forms:
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Sampatprada Bhairavi
Sakalasiddhi Bhairavi
Bhayavinashini Bhairavi
Chaitanya Bhairavi
Bhuvaneshvari Bhairavi
Kameshvari Bhairavi
Annapurneshvari Bhairavi
Nitya Bhairavi
Rudra Bhairavi
Bhadra Bhairavi
Subhamkari Bhairavi
Smashana Bhairavi
She is also revered as Tripura Bhairavi, Kaulesh Bhairavi, Jagad-dhatri, Parameshvari, and Jaganmata, and is the feminine counterpart in the Ardhanarishwara form.
In other traditions, she appears as Ghora Tara, Kalaratri, and Chandi—the fierce Goddess celebrated in the Devi Mahatmya (also known as Durga Saptashati or Chandi Path), a seven-hundred-verse scripture from the Markandeya Purana describing the destruction of demons. These hymns are especially recited during Navaratri.
Spiritually, Bhairavi is considered the most vivid embodiment of the Kundalini energy rising from the Muladhara Chakra. She is Tejas, the inner fire that gives life to the elements (tanmatras), and the power that governs the senses and the natural forces. She is Tapas, the heat of intense spiritual discipline, burning away desires and attachments. She is Chidagni, the flame of pure consciousness, and she represents the transformative power of speech and sound.
At the cosmic level, she is Maha-pralaya—the great dissolution. At the end of each universal cycle, she consumes all creation in fire, dissolving it back into the primal ocean of unmanifest existence, from which the next creation will emerge.
iconography: Bhairavi – The Fierce Mother of Transformation
Bhairavi’s forms are as varied as the forces she embodies—no single image can contain her essence. At times, she is envisioned amidst the silent ash of the cremation ground, seated upon a headless corpse, a potent symbol of the death of ego. Like Kali, she bears four arms. In two hands she wields the sword of wisdom and the severed head of the demon, cutting through illusion and pride. Her other hands may offer the abhaya mudra, dispelling fear, and the varada mudra, bestowing blessings. At other times, they hold a rosary, speaking of devotion, and a sacred book, whispering of timeless knowledge. The trident she bears reflects the triple nature of existence—birth, preservation, and dissolution—each aspect a pulse within her being.
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Though she is often described as the embodiment of divine wrath, her fierceness springs from an unyielding maternal love—the kind that tears apart the chains of ignorance and crushes the forces that bind the soul. In this benevolent yet formidable form, she is Sakalasiddhi Bhairavi, the bestower of all spiritual attainments.
Bhairavi Dhyanam The Form To Be Meditated upon
उद्धद्भनु सहस्रकान्तिमरुणा क्षौमां शिरोमालिकां
रक्तालिप्त पयोधरां जप वटीं विद्धामभीति वरम्
हस्ताब्जैर्दधतीं त्रिनेत्र विलसद्वक्त्रारविन्द श्रियं
देवीं बद्ध हिमांशु मुकुटां वन्दे रविन्दस्थिताम्
uddhadbhanu sahasrakāntimaruṇā kṣaumāṃ śiromālikāṃ
raktālipta payodharāṃ japa vaṭīṃ viddhāmabhīti varam
hastābjairdadhatīṃ trinetra vilasadvaktrāravinda śriyaṃ
devīṃ baddha himāṃśu mukuṭāṃ vande ravindasthitām
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I meditate on the form of Tripura Bhairavi which is similar to the brightness of thousands of rising suns. She is wearing crimson silk dresses. The rosary made with skulls adorns her neck and both breasts are covered in blood. She holds a rosary and a holy book and shows the blessing mudra (Vara Mudra) and the one that frees from fears (Abhaya Mudra). The glory of the moon shines on his forehead. Her three eyes radiate like the petals of blood-red lotus. A crown of precious stones covers her head and a pitiful smile shines on her face.
MATRIDI BHAIRVI TEMPLE,ORISSA
Siddha Bhairavi temple is a shrine situated at Mantridi in Ganjam district of Odisha India. The presiding deity is the goddess Bhairavi. Carved in crude fashion, the idol features one leg and four hands. It is said that this idol was excavated from a ploughed field. and was enshrined as such in a new temple in 1937.