Sri Veerabhadra Namavali

SRI VEERABHADRA NAMAVALI

INTRODUCTION

Veerabhadra is an avatar of Lord Shiva. He was created by Lord Shiva in order to teach a lesson for Lord Daksha, who had insulted Lord Shiva and avoided him to invite for an Yagna conducted by him.

Sati was the daughter of Daksha. At her younger age, due to the holiness of Lord Shiva, she loved Lord Shiva and decided to marry him. She married Lord Shiva with the displeasure of Lord Daksha. Daksha doesn’t like Lord Shiva due to his strange appearance. His holy appearance was not liked by him, and he ignored him in all kinds of activities.

Once, Daksha performed a grand yagna, by inviting all the demi gods and excluded Lord Shiva. But his wife Sati attended the yagna due to the affection on her father. Daksha insulted her by speaking badly about Lord Shiva. She could not tolerate her father’s words, and hence she set immolated herself by her yogagni.

When Shiva came to know about the incidents, he created Lord Veerabhadra and Ma Bhadrakali. Veerabhadra appeared in a ferocious form along with his consort Bhadra Kali.

Shiva ordered Veerabhadra to destroy the Yagna of Daksha. He attacked all the demi gods and other devas with his powerful weapons and destroyed the entire place with the help of Bhadra Kali. Finally he chopped the head of Lord Daksha, and due to his wife’s prayers, he placed a goat’s head in the body of daksha and brought him back alive.

After fulfilling the wishes of Lord Shiva, Lord Veerabhadra and Ma Bhadra Kali went back to Mount Kailash, and merged with Lord Shiva. He was a great avatar of Lord Shiva, who was worshipped all over India.

We can praise Lord Veerabhadra by reciting his 108 wonderful names as given below: