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
Quel que soit le péché commis par les êtres incarnés au cours de milliers de naissances, tout cela se dissout et s’anéantit par le seul darśana, la vision de Kālabhairava.
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.