Samhara Bhairava Homa
Also spelled Samhara Bhairava Homam
संहार भैरव होमThe fire that faces what stands against you — Samhara Bhairava invoked for protection from rivals, victory over opposition and the quieting of ill-will.
- Never a group ceremony — only the names you give are spoken
- Muhurta fixed from your own birth chart, confirmed within 24–48 working hours
- Free energised Samhara Bhairava Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge
The Ritual and Its Weight
The Samhara Bhairava Homa is a fierce protective fire rite offered to Bhairava in his dissolving aspect — the form that ends what has outlived its time. Tradition turns to this homa when opposition has become personal: rivals who move against you, whispers that follow your name, litigation and conflict that will not settle, hostility you can feel but cannot trace. The fire is not raised in anger. It is raised as a boundary.
In the agamic understanding, Samhara means dissolution, not destruction of a person. What the offerings are directed at is the hostile intention itself — the pattern of enmity, the accumulated ill-will, the invisible pressure that keeps a matter stuck. Priests kindle the kunda, feed it with the prescribed dravyas, and place your name and nakshatra into every oblation. You watch the flame rise, wherever in the world you are, and the rite is performed in your name.
ॐ संहारभैरवाय नमः Salutations to Samhara Bhairava, the fierce guardian who dissolves all that threatens the devotee.Why Devotees Book This
Devotees come to the Samhara Bhairava Homa when opposition has a face. Here is what the tradition prescribes this rite for.
Protection from rivals
Offered as a shield when competitors, adversaries or hostile parties are actively working against your interests.
Neutralising ill-will
Traditionally invoked to dissolve envy, curses and the residue of hostile intention directed at you or your household.
Strength in contested matters
Sought by those facing disputes, prolonged conflict or legal proceedings where the ground keeps shifting.
Courage under pressure
Bhairava is invoked for the steadiness to stand your ground without fear and without being drawn into retaliation.
Guarding home and workplace
Devotees offer this homa to place a protective boundary around family, property and livelihood.
Clearing obstructed paths
Where efforts are repeatedly blocked by unseen opposition, the fire is offered to dissolve the obstruction at its root.
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Samhara Bhairava Homa is trained in a traditional Padashala and personally recruited by Brahmashree Shivaaya — Chief Operating Officer & Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava. Your ritual is conducted at our own Yagna Ashram — never a rented venue — with Yantra Pujas inside our consecrated sanctum.
Meet our priests →- Certified Vedic priests — trained in traditional Padashalas
- 100% Agama Vidhi — as prescribed in the scriptures
- One chart, one sankalpa, one fire — never a group ceremony
- Muhurta from your chart — date fixed to your birth details
- Free worldwide delivery — prasadam & energised Samhara Bhairava Yantra
Choose your homa in two steps
- The complete Samhara Bhairava Homa, with the same ritual stages and the same kinds of offerings
- A private ceremony for you and up to four family members, never combined with anyone else’s booking
- Live telecast from our Yagna Ashram, and prasadam shipped free
- The energised Samhara Bhairava Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
Only the number of priests: 1, 3 or 5. Every priest makes their own offerings, and all of them perform at the same time, in one ceremony.
108 ahutis by each priest, with the mula mantra of Samhara Bhairava — so 108, 324 or 540 in all, by package.
Has your astrologer prescribed a different number of ahutis? Our priests can review it and arrange a customised homa. Call our Devotee Relationship Team on +91 96295 55442 — they confirm the count, the priests, the approximate duration and the total price before you book.
* Your Samhara Bhairava Yantra is a copper plate approx. 1–2 inches, rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet approx. 2–4 inches. Sizes are approximate and the amulet's design varies between supplier batches — shape, metal and consecration remain the same.
All prices are all-inclusive — no shipping charges, no additions at checkout. See everything included →
You book — and add birth details on the next page, straight after payment.
Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.
The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.
After the homa — tracking email with how and when to wear the Samhara Bhairava Yantra.
The most auspicious days for a Samhara Bhairava Homa
Bhairava rites are timed to the hours the tradition considers his own.
The eighth lunar day, especially in the waning fortnight, is Bhairava's own tithi and the most sought-after day for this homa.
The two weekdays traditionally held sacred to fierce protective forms, favoured for rites of defence and victory over opposition.
Stars governed by Rudra and Yama, considered strong for Bhairava upasana and for rites that dissolve hostile influence.
The annual Bhairava Ashtami in Margashirsha, and the new-moon night, are held as especially potent for Samhara Bhairava Homa.
You do not need to wait for one of these days. Whenever you book, our astrologers calculate the muhurta from your own birth chart — a date chosen for you personally, which tradition regards as more precise than a calendar date chosen for everyone. If you would like the homa on one of the days above, tell us at checkout and we will fix the muhurta within it.
What you receive
The sealing of the Samhara Bhairava Yantra
The Samhara Bhairava Yantra is consecrated over three days — Jala (holy-water consecration with mantras), Prana (life force through pranayama & chants) and Jeeva Pratishta (awakened with 108 recitations & offerings) — then present through your homa, receiving the energies raised in the fire. When your homa concludes, it is rolled and locked inside its silver amulet according to Agama vidhi — the practice by which those energies are held within a consecrated object rather than dispersing. It is why a homa performed at our ashram can still reach a devotee ten thousand miles away: what the fire raised travels to you, sealed.
Personal sankalpa
Your name, gotra & nakshatra — and up to four family members if you wish. No one else is named.
Hear yours read back, as the priest will say it →Live telecast
Watch your own homa in real time from the ashram. Streamed openly on our YouTube channel by default — or request an unlisted telecast at checkout.
Free energised Samhara Bhairava Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
Shipped to you with your prasadam.
Prasadam, shipped free
Sacred vibhuti, sandalwood powder & kumkum from your fire — delivered to any country.
Yantra Pujas inside our consecrated sanctum
48-Day Anushthan (optional) — daily pujas for 48 days — the 27 Nakshatras + 12 Rashis + 9 Planets — then sealed in a silver amulet of approximately 2–4 inches. Performed in our consecrated sanctum at the Yagna Ashram.
A note on sacred tradition
As per strict Agama vidhi, no videography is permitted inside the temple sanctum — this preserves the pure sacred energies and undisturbed divine focus of the ritual. The main homa is respectfully telecast live from outside the sanctum.
Homas are telecast openly on our YouTube channel so that devotees everywhere may witness the rituals — and because we believe you should be able to see our work before you trust us with yours. Your sankalpa names you and any family members you add, so if you would rather your ceremony were not public, choose the private telecast option at checkout and it is streamed as an unlisted link, which does not appear on our channel or in search, though anyone who has the link can watch it and share it.
We state this plainly — transparency about what tradition forbids filming, and about what is public, is part of performing these rituals honestly.
How to wear your energised Samhara Bhairava Yantra
Your auspicious time to wear it
Wear it for the first time on the day named in your dispatch email, between 6.30 and 7.30 in the morning. Bathe first, place the yantra on your pooja altar and offer your prayers, then wear it around your neck or your waist, on a red or black thread or a silver chain.
At a funeral
Take the yantra off before you attend a funeral.
Purify the amulet
Whenever the yantra has been taken off, or if it was worn at a funeral, dip it in raw milk or Ganga jal, show it incense, dhoop or attar (perfume), and then wear it again.
Keep the energy intact
You may repeat this energising once a week or once a month.
How your Samhara Bhairava Homa is performed
Sankalpa
The priest states your name, gotra and nakshatra — and those of up to four family members — with the intention this homa is performed for.
Ganapati Puja
The customary invocation to Ganapati, clearing obstacles before the deity is approached.
Agni Pratishtha
The fire is consecrated in the homa kunda and Agni invoked as the carrier of every offering that follows.
Samhara Bhairava Avahana
The mula mantra of Samhara Bhairava is chanted, inviting the deity's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package sets.
Ahuti
Ghee and akshata, with the flowers, grains and dravyas proper to this deity, are offered in sequence with mantra. Each priest makes 108 of these offerings with the mula mantra of Samhara Bhairava — 108, 324 or 540 in all, by package.
Purnahuti
The final complete offering seals the sankalpa stated at the opening.
Aarti & Dispatch
Aarti is performed live on your telecast. Vibhuti, sandalwood powder, kumkum and your energised Samhara Bhairava Yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.
Samhara Bhairava
Samhara Bhairava is the eighth of the Ashta Bhairavas, the fierce guardians who stand at the eight directions in the Shaiva tantric systems of Kashmir and the South Indian Agamas. Among the eight, his is the office of deliberate ending. His name joins saṃhāra, the drawing-back of what has completed its span, with Bhairava, the terrifying form of Shiva who dissolves fear by facing it. Iconography shows him dark-hued, often astride a dog or standing upon a corpse, carrying the khatvanga and the skull-cup, attributes that mark him as the one who receives what time has finished. Temples that house the full set of eight place him in the north-eastern quarter.
In this homa that grace is invoked through fire, with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
Samhara Bhairava: meaning, pronunciation & how to chant
The mantra word by word, how it is pronounced, and how devotees chant it at home.
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This is one of several Bhairava homas. See every Bhairava Homa we perform and what each one is booked for.
Frequently asked
Your ritual date is an auspicious muhurta calculated personally for you — not a slot on a rota. Once it is confirmed, rescheduling from the customer's side is not available, and cancellation does not carry a refund. If we ever have to move your ritual for unforeseen reasons at the ashram, we will inform you immediately and provide a fresh auspicious date at no cost — and your telecast, recording, prasadam and yantra remain exactly as promised.
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Maha HomaLet Samhara Bhairava's name be spoken with yours
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