10 Lingashtakam - Adi Shankara / Mahadev OK

"Lingstakam" - 3:31min

Mahadev OK: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Cajon, Harmonium, Keyboards, Backing Vocals / Philippo Franchini: Guitar / Rosalyne: Backing Vocals / Ananda Kanta: Backing Vocals / Recorded in Provence and Sardinia by Mahadev OK

Mixed by Sachveer Singh / Mastered by Chab

When I learned that the lyrics of this Sloka are attributed to Adi Shankara, the founder of Advaita Vedanta, I was very happy to have included this famous sage in the album "Bhakti Spirit". Indeed, Shankaracharya revived Sanatam Dharma in an India shaped by Buddhism, and translated and commented on numerous Upanishads as well as the Bhagavad Gita. Ligastakam is an ode to Shiva Shakti, the parents of Tantra, whose practice is inherent in Bhakti Yoga.

Lyrics

Lingashtakam

brahmamurāri surārchita liṅgaṃ
nirmalabhāsita śōbhita liṅgam ।
janmaja duḥkha vināśaka liṅgaṃ [vināśana]
tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam ॥ 1 ॥

dēvamuni pravarārchita liṅgaṃ
kāmadahana karuṇākara liṅgam ।
rāvaṇa darpa vināśana liṅgaṃ
tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam ॥ 2 ॥

sarva sugandha sulēpita liṅgaṃ
buddhi vivardhana kāraṇa liṅgam ।
siddha surāsura vandita liṅgaṃ
tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam ॥ 3 ॥

kanaka mahāmaṇi bhūṣita liṅgaṃ
phaṇipati vēṣṭita śōbhita liṅgam ।
dakṣasuyajña vināśana liṅgaṃ
tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam ॥ 4 ॥

kuṅkuma chandana lēpita liṅgaṃ
paṅkaja hāra suśōbhita liṅgam ।
sañchita pāpa vināśana liṅgaṃ
tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam ॥ 5 ॥

dēvagaṇārchita sēvita liṅgaṃ
bhāvai-rbhaktibhirēva cha liṅgam ।
dinakara kōṭi prabhākara liṅgaṃ
I bow before the Sadashiva-Linga. 6.

The Linga, entwined by eight snakes
sarvasamudbhava kāraṇa liṅgam ।
aṣṭadaridra vināśana liṅgaṃ
tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam ॥ 7 ॥

suraguru suravara pūjita liṅgaṃ
suravana puṣpa sadārchita liṅgam ।
parātparaṃ (paramapadaṃ) paramātmaka liṅgaṃ
tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam ॥ 8 ॥