ब्रह्ममुरारिसुरार्चितलिङ्गं निर्मलभासितशोभितलिङ्गम् ।
जन्मजदुःखविनाशकलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥१॥
देवमुनिप्रवरार्चितलिङ्गं कामदहं करुणाकरलिङ्गम् ।
रावणदर्पविनाशनलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥२॥
सर्वसुगन्धिसुलेपितलिङ्गं बुद्धिविवर्धनकारणलिङ्गम् ।
सिद्धसुरासुरवन्दितलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥३॥
कनकमहामणिभूषितलिङ्गं फणिपतिवेष्टितशोभितलिङ्गम् ।
दक्षसुयज्ञविनाशनलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥४॥
कुङ्कुमचन्दनलेपितलिङ्गं पङ्कजहारसुशोभितलिङ्गम् ।
सञ्चितपापविनाशनलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥५॥
देवगणार्चितसेवितलिङ्गं भावैर्भक्तिभिरेव च लिङ्गम् ।
दिनकरकोटिप्रभाकरलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥६॥
अष्टदलोपरिवेष्टितलिङ्गं सर्वसमुद्भवकारणलिङ्गम् ।
अष्टदरिद्रविनाशनलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥७॥
सुरगुरुसुरवरपूजितलिङ्गं सुरवनपुष्पसदार्चितलिङ्गम् ।
परात्परं परमात्मकलिङ्गं तत् प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम् ॥८॥
लिङ्गाष्टकमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छिवसन्निधौ ।
शिवलोकमवाप्नोति शिवेन सह मोदते ॥
brahmamurārisurārcitaliṅgaṃ nirmalabhāsitaśobhitaliṅgam |
janmajaduḥkhavināśakaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||1||
devamunipravarārcitaliṅgaṃ kāmadahaṃ karuṇākaraliṅgam |
rāvaṇadarpavināśanaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||2||
sarvasugandhisulepitaliṅgaṃ buddhivivardhanakāraṇaliṅgam |
siddhasurāsuravanditaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||3||
kanakamahāmaṇibhūṣitaliṅgaṃ phaṇipativeṣṭitaśobhitaliṅgam |
dakṣasuyajñavināśanaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||4||
kuṅkumacandanalepitaliṅgaṃ paṅkajahārasuśobhitaliṅgam |
sañcitapāpavināśanaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||5||
devagaṇārcitasevitaliṅgaṃ bhāvairbhaktibhireva ca liṅgam |
dinakarakoṭiprabhākaraliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||6||
aṣṭadalopariveṣṭitaliṅgaṃ sarvasamudbhavakāraṇaliṅgam |
aṣṭadaridravināśanaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||7||
suragurusuravarapūjitaliṅgaṃ suravanapuṣpasadārcitaliṅgam |
parātparaṃ paramātmakaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam ||8||
liṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchivasannidhau |
śivalokamavāpnoti śivena saha modate ||
Meaning
1. The Linga worshipped by Brahma, by Vishnu the slayer of Mura, and by the devas; the Linga shining with spotless light; the Linga that ends the sorrow of birth: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
2. The Linga worshipped by the devas and the best of sages; the Linga that burnt Kama and is a mine of compassion; the Linga that broke Ravana's pride: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
3. The Linga anointed with every fragrance; the Linga that makes the intellect grow; the Linga honoured by siddhas, devas and asuras: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
4. The Linga adorned with gold and great jewels, made lovely by the king of serpents coiled around it; the Linga that destroyed Daksha's sacrifice: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
5. The Linga anointed with kumkum and sandal paste, beautiful with garlands of lotuses; the Linga that destroys accumulated sin: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
6. The Linga worshipped and served by hosts of devas, with feeling and with devotion; the Linga as bright as ten million suns: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
7. The Linga set upon the eight-petalled lotus; the Linga that is the cause of all creation; the Linga that destroys the eight kinds of poverty: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
8. The Linga worshipped by Brihaspati, guru of the devas, and by the foremost devas, ever worshipped with flowers from the gardens of heaven; the Linga beyond the highest, the Supreme Self itself: to that Sadashiva Linga I bow.
Phala: Whoever recites this holy Lingashtakam near Shiva attains Shiva's world and rejoices with Shiva.
About this bhajan
Eight verses, each ending "tat pranamami Sadashiva-lingam", sung in temples while water, milk and bilva leaves are offered on the Linga. The Linga is the sign of the formless Mahadev, the pillar of light that neither Brahma nor Vishnu could measure, and the first verse names both of them worshipping it. The author is not named in the text or in any old colophon, and the hymn is recited as a traditional stotra. The fifth verse speaks of kumkum on the Linga; in many traditions today kumkum is offered at the pitha or on the devotee's own forehead rather than on the Linga itself.
Liṅgāṣṭakam, sanskritdocuments.org (lingashh.itx, proofread by Srinivas Sunder), checked against Sanskrit Wikisource लिंगाष्टक