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Devika Krita Bhairava Stuti

देवीकृताभैरवस्तुतिः

17 versesadvancedby Traditional (from Goraksha Samhita, spoken by Devi)

Verse 1

Sanskrit

नित्यानन्दं परं शान्तं निष्कलं च निरामयम् । व्योमातीतं परं शून्यं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १॥

Transliteration

nityānandaṃ paraṃ śāntaṃ niṣkalaṃ ca nirāmayam | vyomātītaṃ paraṃ śūnyaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 1||

Translation

Eternal bliss, supreme peace, without parts, without disease, beyond space, the supreme void, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 2

Sanskrit

परात्परतरं शान्तं शुद्धमत्यन्तनिर्मलम् । भूतं येन जगत्सर्वं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २॥

Transliteration

parātparataraṃ śāntaṃ śuddhamatyantanirmalam | bhūtaṃ yena jagatsarvaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 2||

Translation

Beyond the beyond, peaceful, pure, utterly immaculate, by whom the entire universe has come into being, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 3

Sanskrit

इडापिङ्गलयोर्मध्ये निश्वाशोच्छ्वासचारिणम् । द्वादशान्ते लयं यस्य भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ३॥

Transliteration

iḍāpiṅgalayormadhye niśvāśocchvāsacāriṇam | dvādaśānte layaṃ yasya bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 3||

Translation

Moving as breath between Ida and Pingala (the two nadis), dissolving at the twelfth point (dvadashanta), I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 4

Sanskrit

कुण्डल्यां तु लयं यस्य परान्ते विलयं पुनः । हरत्यमृतरूपेण भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ४॥

Transliteration

kuṇḍalyāṃ tu layaṃ yasya parānte vilayaṃ punaḥ | haratyamṛtarūpeṇa bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 4||

Translation

Who dissolves in the Kundalini and again dissolves at the supreme end, who carries away (transforms) in the form of nectar, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 5

Sanskrit

अकुलाकुलसम्भूतं कुलोत्पत्तिविवर्जितम् । विश्वरूपं परं नित्यं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ५॥ कलाकलङ्करहितं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम् । शून्याच्छून्यतरं शून्यं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ६॥

Transliteration

akulākulasambhūtaṃ kulotpattivivarjitam | viśvarūpaṃ paraṃ nityaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 5|| kalākalaṅkarahitaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam | śūnyācchūnyataraṃ śūnyaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 6||

Translation

Born of Akula (the absolute) and Kula (the manifest), yet free from the arising of lineage, the universal form, supreme, eternal, I bow to that Bhairava. Free from the stain of time-divisions, changeless, immaculate, the void more void than the void, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 6

Sanskrit

आपातालमूर्ध्निस्थं कन्दनालसमास्तृतम् । हंसरूपं निराभासं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ७॥ आकाशज्योतिमारूढं व्योमातीतं निरामयम् । व्योमव्यापि परंव्योम भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ८॥

Transliteration

āpātālamūrdhnisthaṃ kandanālasamāstṛtam | haṃsarūpaṃ nirābhāsaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 7|| ākāśajyotimārūḍhaṃ vyomātītaṃ nirāmayam | vyomavyāpi paraṃvyoma bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 8||

Translation

Extending from the netherworld to the crown, spread through the stem of the Kanda (root bulb), in Hamsa form, without reflection, I bow to that Bhairava. Mounted upon the light of space, beyond space, disease-free, pervading space, the supreme space, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 7

Sanskrit

चन्द्रार्कवह्निमध्यस्थं दृष्टादृष्टैकगोचरम् । रूपारूपविनिर्मुक्तं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ९॥ नाडिकार्णवसम्भूतं मन्त्रजालप्रकाशस्थ । अतीतगोचरं शम्भुं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १०॥

Transliteration

candrārkavahnimadhyasthaṃ dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaikagocaram | rūpārūpavinirmuktaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 9|| nāḍikārṇavasambhūtaṃ mantrajālaprakāśastha | atītagocaraṃ śambhuṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 10||

Translation

Situated in the center of moon, sun, and fire, perceived by both the seen and unseen, free from form and formlessness, I bow to that Bhairava. Born from the ocean of nadis, situated in the luminescence of mantra-webs, beyond the reach of the senses, Shambhu, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 8

Sanskrit

हकारार्द्धं परं सूक्ष्मं परानन्दं परात्परम् । परस्यान्ते परे लीनं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ ११॥ घण्टिकान्ते परं शान्तं ब्रह्मरन्ध्रविनिर्गतम् । आकाशं निर्मलं सूक्ष्मं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १२॥

Transliteration

hakārārddhaṃ paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ parānandaṃ parātparam | parasyānte pare līnaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 11|| ghaṇṭikānte paraṃ śāntaṃ brahmarandhravinirgatam | ākāśaṃ nirmalaṃ sūkṣmaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 12||

Translation

The half of Ha-kara, supreme, subtle, supreme bliss, beyond the beyond, dissolved in the supreme at the end of the supreme, I bow to that Bhairava. At the end of the bell-sound, supremely peaceful, emerging from the Brahmarandhra, the sky, immaculate, subtle, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 9

Sanskrit

अखण्डनिर्मलं शुद्धं कलाकल्पविवर्जितम् । नित्यं प्रमेयरहितं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १३॥ यथा भानुगतो रश्मिर्व्यापयेन्निखिलं जगत् । तथा सर्वगतं देवं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १४॥

Transliteration

akhaṇḍanirmalaṃ śuddhaṃ kalākalpavivarjitam | nityaṃ prameyarahitaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 13|| yathā bhānugato raśmirvyāpayennikhilaṃ jagat | tathā sarvagataṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 14||

Translation

Undivided, immaculate, pure, free from time-divisions and imaginations, eternal, beyond measurement, I bow to that Bhairava. As the sun pervades the entire world through its rays, so is this all-pervading deity, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 10

Sanskrit

नादान्तबिन्दुसंलीनं शक्त्यातीतमगोचरम् । मालिन्यङ्गसमुद्भूतं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १५॥ अनिलानलसंयुक्तं व्यापकं परमेश्वरम् । भुवनत्रयसंलीनं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १६॥

Transliteration

nādāntabindusaṃlīnaṃ śaktyātītamagocaram | mālinyaṅgasamudbhūtaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 15|| anilānalasaṃyuktaṃ vyāpakaṃ parameśvaram | bhuvanatrayasaṃlīnaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 16||

Translation

Absorbed in the bindu at the end of nada, beyond Shakti, imperceptible, born from the body of Malini, I bow to that Bhairava. United with wind and fire, all-pervading, the Supreme Lord, dissolved in the three worlds, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 11

Sanskrit

अकारादिक्षकारान्तं कुलपिण्डसमुद्भवम् । कारात्रिशस्वरूपस्थं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १७॥ यथा जलगता सूर्यश्चन्द्रश्चाप्सु व्यवस्थितः । तथा सर्वगतं देवं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १८॥

Transliteration

akārādikṣakārāntaṃ kulapiṇḍasamudbhavam | kārātriśasvarūpasthaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 17|| yathā jalagatā sūryaścandraścāpsu vyavasthitaḥ | tathā sarvagataṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 18||

Translation

From A-kara to Ksha-kara (the complete alphabet), born from the kula-pinda, situated in the form of the thirty karas, I bow to that Bhairava. As the sun and moon are reflected in water, so is this all-pervading deity, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 12

Sanskrit

यथा चाग्निगतं तेजो यथा वायुः स्वरूपतः । तथा सर्वगतं देवं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ १९॥ पृथिव्यापस्तथा तेजो वायुराकाश एव च । पञ्चभूतगतं देवं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २०॥

Transliteration

yathā cāgnigataṃ tejo yathā vāyuḥ svarūpataḥ | tathā sarvagataṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 19|| pṛthivyāpastathā tejo vāyurākāśa eva ca | pañcabhūtagataṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 20||

Translation

As radiance exists in fire, as wind is by its nature, so is this all-pervading deity, I bow to that Bhairava. Earth, water, fire, wind, and space, the deity present in all five elements, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 13

Sanskrit

शब्दस्पर्शरूपरसगन्धतन्मात्रपञ्चकम् । एतद्व्याप्य स्थितं देवं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २१॥ वाक्पाणिपादपायूपस्थपञ्चकसंस्थितम् । पञ्चकर्मेन्द्रियैः संस्थं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २२॥

Transliteration

śabdasparśarūparasagandhatanmātrapañcakam | etadvyāpya sthitaṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 21|| vākpāṇipādapāyūpasthapañcakasaṃsthitam | pañcakarmendriyaiḥ saṃsthaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 22||

Translation

Sound, touch, form, taste, smell, the five subtle elements, pervading all these, the deity exists, I bow to that Bhairava. Established in speech, hands, feet, excretion, reproduction, existing through the five organs of action, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 14

Sanskrit

श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा घ्राणं चैव तु पञ्चमम् । पञ्चेन्द्रियसुसम्भूतं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २३॥ कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभो मोहश्चैव चतुष्टयम् । अन्तःकरणसम्भूतं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २४॥

Transliteration

śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā ghrāṇaṃ caiva tu pañcamam | pañcendriyasusambhūtaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 23|| kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobho mohaścaiva catuṣṭayam | antaḥkaraṇasambhūtaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 24||

Translation

Hearing, touch, sight, taste, smell, the fifth, born well from the five sense organs, I bow to that Bhairava. Desire, anger, greed, and delusion, the four, born from the inner instrument (antahkarana), I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 15

Sanskrit

पक्षिकीटैस्तथा वृक्षैर्लतागुल्मसरीसृपैः । सर्वं व्याप्य स्थितं शम्भुं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २५॥ विकल्पकल्परहितं कल्पनातीतगोचरम् । विकल्परहितं शान्तं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २६॥

Transliteration

pakṣikīṭaistathā vṛkṣairlatāgulmasarīsṛpaiḥ | sarvaṃ vyāpya sthitaṃ śambhuṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 25|| vikalpakalparahitaṃ kalpanātītagocaram | vikalparahitaṃ śāntaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 26||

Translation

In birds, insects, trees, vines, shrubs, and serpents, pervading all, Shambhu exists, I bow to that Bhairava. Free from conceptual alternatives, beyond the range of imagination, free from mental constructs, peaceful, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 16

Sanskrit

युगान्तं युगरूपेण अक्षयं चाव्यवस्थितम् । सर्वव्यापि परं ब्रह्म भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २७॥ सर्वतत्त्वगतं सूक्ष्मं ज्ञानध्यानपरायाणम् । निर्लक्षं परमं शुद्धं भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २८॥

Transliteration

yugāntaṃ yugarūpeṇa akṣayaṃ cāvyavasthitam | sarvavyāpi paraṃ brahma bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 27|| sarvatattvagataṃ sūkṣmaṃ jñānadhyānaparāyāṇam | nirlakṣaṃ paramaṃ śuddhaṃ bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 28||

Translation

The end of ages in the form of ages, imperishable, beyond fixed states, all-pervading supreme Brahman, I bow to that Bhairava. Present in all tattvas, subtle, devoted to knowledge and meditation, without any mark, supreme, pure, I bow to that Bhairava.

Verse 17

Sanskrit

सिद्धमातरर्योगिन्यैर्गुह्यकैः पालकैस्तथा । पूजितं पादपद्मं च भैरवं तं नमाम्यहम् ॥ २९॥ एवं देव्या स्तुतः शम्भुः परानन्दाकुलेक्षणम् । भैरवो हृष्टमनसा प्रोत्फुल्लकमलानन्ः ॥ ३०॥ प्रसन्नो वरदो देवो वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह । साधु साधु महाभागे तुष्टोऽहं भक्तवत्सले ॥ ३१॥

Transliteration

siddhamātararyoginyairguhyakaiḥ pālakaistathā | pūjitaṃ pādapadmaṃ ca bhairavaṃ taṃ namāmyaham || 29|| evaṃ devyā stutaḥ śambhuḥ parānandākulekṣaṇam | bhairavo hṛṣṭamanasā protphullakamalānanḥ || 30|| prasanno varado devo vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha | sādhu sādhu mahābhāge tuṣṭo'haṃ bhaktavatsale || 31||

Translation

Whose lotus feet are worshipped by Siddha Mothers, Yoginis, Guhyakas, and protectors, I bow to that Bhairava. Thus praised by Devi, Shambhu, with eyes overflowing with supreme bliss, Bhairava, delighted in heart, face blossoming like a lotus, pleased, the boon-giving deity spoke these words: "Well done, well done, O greatly fortunate one, I am pleased, O lover of devotees."

Benefits of Recitation

✦Devi herself composed this stuti, it carries the Goddess's own devotional power
✦Bhairava was so pleased by this stuti that he immediately appeared and granted boons
✦Reveals the non-dual philosophy: Bhairava is the void beyond the void, the space beyond space
✦Maps Bhairava through all layers of existence: 5 elements, 5 senses, 5 action organs, 4 inner states
✦Connects to yogic anatomy: Ida-Pingala, Kundalini, Brahmarandhra, Nada-Bindu
✦Culminates in the realization that Bhairava pervades even birds, insects, trees, and serpents
✦From the Goraksha Samhita, carries the Natha Sampradaya's yogic authority

🕉️ How to Recite

This is the deepest philosophical stuti in the collection, from the Goraksha Samhita, spoken by Devi herself. Each verse is a meditation on a different dimension of Bhairava's all-pervading nature. The recurring refrain "Bhairavam tam namamyaham" (I bow to that Bhairava) makes it naturally meditative. The stuti moves through: (1) Abstract reality (void, space, supreme peace), (2) Yogic anatomy (Ida-Pingala, Kundalini, Brahmarandhra), (3) Tantric cosmology (Akula-Kula, Malini), (4) Universal presence (five elements, sense organs, action organs), (5) Natural world (birds, insects, trees), (6) Beyond conceptualization. Best recited in deep meditation, particularly during morning or evening sadhana. This pairs beautifully with the Vijnanabhairava Tantra's meditation techniques.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What are the benefits of reciting Devika Krita Bhairava Stuti?

Devi herself composed this stuti, it carries the Goddess's own devotional power. Bhairava was so pleased by this stuti that he immediately appeared and granted boons. Reveals the non-dual philosophy: Bhairava is the void beyond the void, the space beyond space. Maps Bhairava through all layers of existence: 5 elements, 5 senses, 5 action organs, 4 inner states. Connects to yogic anatomy: Ida-Pingala, Kundalini, Brahmarandhra, Nada-Bindu. Culminates in the realization that Bhairava pervades even birds, insects, trees, and serpents. From the Goraksha Samhita, carries the Natha Sampradaya's yogic authority.

How do you recite Devika Krita Bhairava Stuti?

What is Devika Krita Bhairava Stuti?

The Bhairava Stuti composed by Devi herself, from the Goraksha Samhita. This is the most philosophically profound stuti in the collection, 31 verses of pure non-dual Shaiva philosophy. Devi describes Bhairava not as a form but as the formless reality: the space beyond space (vyoma-vyapi param vyoma), the void beyond the void (shunyat-shunyataram shunyam), the reality pervading all five elements, sense organs, and even desire-anger-greed-delusion. It moves from cosmic description through yogic anatomy (kundalini, nadis, brahmarandhra) to the ultimate declaration: "As the sun pervades all through its rays, so is this all-pervading deity Bhairava." Pleased, Bhairava grants a boon.

What is the source of Devika Krita Bhairava Stuti?

Devika Krita Bhairava Stuti comes from Traditional (from Goraksha Samhita, spoken by Devi). It has 17 verses.