Kalabhairava and Mahakala are two aspects of the same being.

Kalabhairava & Mahakala are two aspects of the same being.

Shiva has form (created from Adya Makakali) and out of compassion he has taken on some attributes to enable us to comprehend Him.

Whereas Mahakala has no form at all, he is time itself in unmanifested state - a complete latent, unmoving and primordial consciousness of Shiva. He is without the dynamic principle of Shakti, existing in a state of profound meditation and infinite stillness.

Mahakala is the pivot on which the entire universe turns, and from this unmoving centre, Adya Maha Kali creates and expands the universe.

Now, Kalabhairava arises when Mahakala - the unmoving consciousness is imbued with the active energy of Shakti, he spouts out of Shiva's third eye and then it is Mahakala with shakti - moving.

He is the most potent form of Shiva imaginable, because he not only Shiva - he is shakti too, that is why he is the unstoppable force.

So when this Immovable object meets with the unstoppable force, it takes the form of Maha-KalaBhairava, and that is only when Maa Kali arrives - standing on the chest of Maha-Kalabhairava.

It is under her right foot that they come to rest and attain Maha shunyta (ultimate void) becoming 0, and Maa Adya Kalika becomes 100.

And who administers Kashi, the Moksha Dwara? : Maha-KalaBhairava

This means the ultimate door to liberation lies under the right foot of Maa Kali.

208th Name of Maa Adya Mahakali - KASI

"She who is the provider of justice, death and moksha.

She who even death cannot defy nor time, is Benaras, the living manifestation of Her power of dissolution and salvation."

Completely surrender at her feet and become her KHYAPA - divinely insane, the sadhaka who has transcended the limitations of the rational mind.

Bhairava Kaalike Namostute

Through Bhairava we Attain Kalika