Bhairava (Śatarudra account)

Shiva’s Bhairava form cuts Brahma’s fifth head and carries the skull in expiation in Shiva Purana 3.8. The editorial note records a different outcome in Vidyesvara 8.

Relations

• form of: Shiva

Sources

• Shiva Purana 3.8.2, 45–65 and note 1, Bhairava