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Lingashtakam

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Lingashtakam is a collection of eight shlokas(Ashtakam in Sanskrit means “eight”) extolling the Shiva-Lingam. Shiva-Lingam is a symbol of consciousness and has been worshipped all over the world throughout human history. Many stories of people achieving great heights just by doing Lingam-Puja is mentioned in our Shastras/Puranas. अथ श्री लिङ्गाष्टकम्। ब्रह्ममुरारिसुरार्चितलिङ्गं निर्मलभासितशोभितलिङ्गम् ।जन्मजदुःखविनाशकलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥1॥ देवमुनिप्रवरार्चितलिङ्गं कामदहं करुणाकरलिङ्गम् ।रावणदर्पविनाशनलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥2॥ सर्वसुगन्धिसुलेपितलिङ्गं बुद्धिविवर्धनकारणलिङ्गम् ।सिद्धसुरासुरवन्दितलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥3॥ कनकमहामणिभूषितलिङ्गं फणिपतिवेष्टितशोभितलिङ्गम् ।दक्षसुयज्ञविनाशनलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥4॥ कुङ्कुमचन्दनलेपितलिङ्गं पङ्कजहारसुशोभितलिङ्गम् ।सञ्चितपापविनाशनलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥5॥ … Read more

Rudrashtakam

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Rudrashtakam is composed by the great Sanatan Bhakta and Poet Tulsidas in the fifteenth century in current day Uttar Pradesh. The hymn is in Bhujangaprayāt chhanda and Jagati meter. The word Ashtakam is a Sanskrit word which means “eight”; that’s why a total number of eight shlokas. अथ श्री शिव रूद्राष्टकम। नमामीशमीशान निर्वाणरूपं विभुं व्यापकं … Read more

Shiva Panchakshara Mantra

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The panchakshara means “five syllables” in Sanskrit, referring to the five syllables of na, ma, śi, vā, and ya forming the mantra Om Namah Shivaya. This hymn explains the significance of these five syllables and their affiliation with the deity. According to some texts, these five syllables are regarded to represent the five elements of the human body, the chanting of which is believed to … Read more