It is the 2nd ragam in the 3rd chakra Agni. The mnemonic name is Agni-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gu ma pa dha ni. Its arohana-avarohana structure is as follows:
Arohana : S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S'
Avarohana : S' N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
Shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham are the swaras used in this scale. As this scale is a melakarta ragam, by definition it is a sampoorna ragam. It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Namanarayani, which is the 50th melakarta scale.
Asampurna Melakarta
Vativasantabhairavi is the 14th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the descending scale has notes used in zig-zag manner.
Arohana : S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S'
Avarohana : S' N2 D1 M1 G3 M1 P M1 G3 R1 S
Janya ragams
Vakulabharanam has a few minor janya ragams associated with it, of which Vasantabhairavi is heard occasionally in concerts.
1) Vakulabharanam
S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
2) Vatee Vasantabhairavi
S R1 G3 M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G3 R1 S
3) Ahiri
S R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
4) Amudhasurabhi
S M1 G3 M1 P D1 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 R1 S
5) Devipriya
S G3 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
6) Kalindaja
S R1 G3 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 P M1 G3 R1 S
7) Kuvalayabharanam
S R1 G3 M1 D1 N1 S'
S' N1 D1 M1 G3 R1 S
8) Mukthipradayini
S R1 G3 P N2 S'
S' N2 P D1 P G3 R1 S
9) Sallapa
S G3 M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G3 S
10) Soma
S R1 P M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 P M1 G3 R1 S
11) Surya
S G3 M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G3 S
12) Shuddha Kambhoji
S G3 R1 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 P M1 G3 R1 S
13) Vasantabhairavi
S R1 G3 M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 P M1 G3 R1 S
14) Vasanta Mukhari
S M1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
15) Vijayollasini
S R1 G3 M1 P M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S