StotraShiv

Lingashtakam (Opening Verse)

लिङ्गाष्टकम् (प्रथम श्लोक)

॥Devanagari॥

ब्रह्ममुरारिसुरार्चितलिङ्गं निर्मलभासितशोभितलिङ्गम् । जन्मजदुःखविनाशकलिङ्गं तत्प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥

Transliteration

Brahma-Murari-surarchita-lingam · Nirmala-bhasita-shobhita-lingam · Janmaja-duhkha-vinashaka-lingam · Tat-pranamami sadashiva-lingam

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Meaning

I bow to that ever-auspicious linga — worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, and all devas, radiant with pure brilliance, destroyer of birth-sorrow.

When & why

Recited on Monday and Maha Shivaratri. Eight verses in total — this is the opening.

Traditional benefits

Said to free the chanter from accumulated past sorrow.

Source: Skanda Purana

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ॐ नमः शिवाय ॥