🕉️ Stotram · Shiva

Lingashtakam

8-verse hymn to the sacred Shiva Linga.

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Best occasion

Every Monday, Pradosh, Mahashivaratri, Shravan

🕉️ Sanskrit / Devanagari

ब्रह्ममुरारि सुरार्चित लिङ्गम्।
निर्मलभासित शोभित लिङ्गम्॥

जन्मज दुःख विनाशक लिङ्गम्।
तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिव लिङ्गम्॥

Roman Transliteration

Brahma-Murari surarchita lingam
Nirmala-bhasita shobhita lingam

Janmaja-dukha vinashaka lingam
Tat pranamami Sadashiva lingam

English

The Linga worshipped by Brahma, Murari (Vishnu), and the gods;
The Linga shining with pure radiance.

The Linga that destroys the sorrows of birth;
To that Sadashiva Linga, I offer my salutation.

Meaning & Significance

An 8-verse eulogy to the Shiva Linga — chanted during abhishekam and daily by Shaivas.

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