Batuk Bhairav

The ancient text Shakti Sangam Tantra in its Kali Khand chapter has mentioned the origin of Lord Batuk Bhairav. According to the text, once a demon named Aapat had gained powers through Sadhanas and he used it to harass everyone including the gods. The gods then got together and started to think of ways to find a solution to this problem. As they started concentrating, their powers appeared as a flash of light and took the form of a five year old child, Batuk. The child, then, killed the demon and saved the gods which is why he is known as Aapat Uddharak Batuk Bhairav.

In tantra and other Hindu puja, this is the most worshiped form of Lord Bhairav among the various forms of Bhairav. All other forms of Bhairav are terrifying apart from this as this is in the form of a child. He is also known as the child form of Lord Shiva. The image of Batuk Bhairav is displayed with a dog accompanying him, which is symbolized as dharma

I heard a similar story from My grand mother. In south, if you go to Kashi ( Varanasi ) and come back to your village , you give a feast to the villagers. But before the feast begins one who returned from Kashi, has to gather the stray dogs and feed them till they don't eat any more. Then only the villagers can eat. It is called Bhairava Samaradhana/ Kala Bhairava Samaradhana.

Thanx for dis interesting stories minu.

Intersting story Minaxi. Is the text that you mentioned available online?

Originally posted by: varaali

And what does the word "Batuk" actually mean?

batuk=Vatuvu ( telugu) . A young male child who just had his upanayam, a brahmachari.

Oh... Actually there's a Sanskrit word too- Vatu meaning the same thing you had written. But I din't realize the "Va..." became a "Ba..."

@Varaali, Batuk means a 5 to 9 year old boy.

thanks for story i have never heard of it and again thanks

Thanks for sharing this information Mina. Looking froward to Batuk Mahadev in the show. 😊

So, they're showing the right avatar of Mahdeva but, with a li'll makeover of stories.. Avi toh ME ke baad hi pata chalega full track ke raaz..😃

Thanks Mnx12G for this story😊