

Lord Brahma stared at Him furiously with his fifth head. Then Lord Shiva appeared as a powerful divine light. Finally, Atharva Veda said, all human beings can see the Lord through Bhakti Marg and such a deity who can remove all the worries of human beings is indeed Shankar (Shiva). But both Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu started laughing in disbelief. Sam Veda stated that the respected figure who is worshipped by various Yogis and that Person who controls the entire world is none other than Triambakam (Shiva). Yajur Veda replied that He, whom we worship through various Yajnas (Yagna) and other such rigorous rituals, is none other than Shiva, who is supreme. Rig Veda designated Lord Rudra (Shiva) as supreme as He is the omnipotent deity who controls all living beings. After the debate they decided to seek the answer from the four Vedas. On hearing this, Lord Vishnu chided Lord Brahma for his hasty and overconfident words. Lord Brahma proclaimed himself to be that superior person. The origin of Bhairava or Bhairon can be drawn from the conversation between Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu described in “Shiv Maha-Puran” where Lord Vishnu asks Lord Brahma who is the supreme creator of the Universe. Coconut, Flowers, Sindoor, Mustard oil, black til etc are offered to the God to get God’s Blessings. Bhairava himself has eight manifestations, Kala Bhairava, Asitanga Bhairava, Samhara Bhairava, Guru Bhairava, Krodh Bhairava, Kapala Bhairava, Rudra Bhairava and Unmatta Bhairava. It is very easy to please lord Bhairav by doing normal worship daily. Worship of Lord Bhairon is very useful to win over your enemies, success and all materialistic comforts.

This purifies and protects the body, character, personality and other qualities associated with the follower. It is believed that Bhairon is connected to the Mahavidya goddess named Bhairavi who gives Lagna shuddhi (purification of the follower).

In astrology Lord Bhairav is the Lord of star (graha) Rahu so to attain the maximum benefits of Rahu, people worships Lord Bhairav. Bhairon is regarded as the protector and the kotwal. Lord Bhairav is widely worshipped by tantriks and yogis to gain various siddhis. Lord Bhairav or Bhairon is an incarnation (avatar) of Lord Shiva.
