[1]मनोबुद्ध्यहंकार चित्तानि नाहम्न च श्रोत्रजिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे।न च व्योमभूमिर्न तेजो न वायुःचिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम्॥ I am not the mind, intellect, ego, or memory.I am not the ears, tongue, nose, or eyes.I am not space, earth, fire, air.I am the form of pure consciousness and bliss — I am Shiva, I am Shiva. [2]न च…
The verses are from the “Lingashtakam”, a beautiful Sanskrit hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva in the form of the Shiva Linga, composed in devotional praise. Each verse glorifies different aspects and powers of the Shiva Linga, symbolizing the formless absolute reality. The exact authorship of the Lingashtakam is not definitively known, but it is traditionally…
मातृहीन पितृहीन गुणहीन धनहीनगृहहीन उदासीन विपिन विहारी हैं । Motherless, fatherless, virtueless, wealthless,homeless, living ditached wanderer of the forest. शीशगंग भालचन्द्र नेत्र लाल कण्ठव्यालभस्मयुक्त नग्नतन, जटाजूटधारी हैं । Head with Ganga, forehead with Moon, with red eyes, serpent coiled over throat,covered with ash, naked body, he is the one with matted locks. भूतेश्वर नागेश्वर डमरू…