Shloka 66
भैरवावतारलीलावर्णनम् (Bhairava-avatāra-līlā-varṇanam) — “Narration of the Divine Play of Bhairava’s Descent”
अनेकजन्मनियुतैर्यत्कृतं जन्तुभिस्त्वघम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति कालभैरवदर्शनात्
anekajanmaniyutairyatkṛtaṃ jantubhistvagham | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kālabhairavadarśanāt
Welche Sünde auch immer verkörperte Wesen über Tausende von Geburten begangen haben: All dies löst sich auf und geht zugrunde durch das bloße Darśana, das Schauen Kālabhairavas.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Kālabhairava
Sthala Purana: A darśana-māhātmya: merely seeing Kālabhairava dissolves accumulated agha across innumerable births. This is a classic Purāṇic intensification of tīrtha/devatā-darśana efficacy, not anchored here to a named Jyotirliṅga.
Significance: Elevates darśana as a direct means of pāpa-kṣaya; motivates pilgrimage to Bhairava shrines and reinforces faith in immediate grace.
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: Karmic timescale across ‘thousands of births’ is invoked; darśana triggers ‘vilaya’ of agha (bondage-as-impurity) in a single moment.
FAQs
It declares the purificatory power of Shiva’s grace in the form of Kālabhairava: karmic impurities accumulated across countless births can be dissolved through direct encounter with the Lord (darśana), emphasizing liberation through divine compassion rather than mere self-effort.
Kālabhairava is a Saguna manifestation of Shiva—accessible to devotees through form, name, and sacred presence. Just as Linga-darśana is praised as purifying, this verse highlights that encountering Shiva in a concrete, worshipful form (Bhairava) can burn away pāpa and strengthen the devotee’s path toward Shiva-realization.
Seek Bhairava-darśana with devotion—such as temple darśana, japa of a Shiva mantra (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and Shaiva purificatory observances like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa—performed with repentance and surrender to Shiva’s grace.