Lingashtakam Homa
Also spelled Lingashtakam Homam
लिङ्गाष्टकम् होमम्Eight verses of praise to the Linga of Shiva, sung into the fire on your behalf — for stillness, devotion, and the grace of the Auspicious One.
- Never a group ceremony — only the names you give are spoken
- Muhurta fixed from your own birth chart, confirmed within 24–48 working hours
- Free energised Shiva Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge
The Ritual and Its Weight
The Lingashtakam is one of the most loved hymns in the Shaiva tradition. Eight verses, each ending with the same surrender — pranamami sadashivalingam, I bow to that eternally auspicious Linga. In the Lingashtakam Homa, those verses are not merely recited. They are offered. Each stanza is carried into the fire with ghee and sacred wood, so that the praise you cannot always hold in your own heart is held for you in flame.
The Linga is the form of the formless — Shiva without beginning, without end, without attribute. Devotees turn to this homa when the inner life feels dry, when japa has become mechanical, when the mind will not sit still. The tradition prescribes the Lingashtakam homa for bhakti, for burning away the residue of ego and old habit, and for the quiet grace that Shiva is said to grant those who simply keep bowing. It is a Maha-tier rite, performed with full sankalpa and extended chanting.
ब्रह्ममुरारिसुरार्चितलिङ्गं निर्मलभासितशोभितलिङ्गम्। जन्मजदुःखविनाशकलिङ्गं तत्प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम्॥ I bow to that eternally auspicious Linga, worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu and the gods, shining with spotless radiance, the destroyer of the sorrow that comes with birth.What a Maha Homa is
Not every fire ritual is performed at the same scale. A Maha Homa is our largest form — more priests, a longer fire, and the complete chanting sequence the rite prescribes rather than an abridged one. This is what that means in practice.
A Maha Homa is never a group ceremony, the same as any homa we conduct. What the scale changes is the weight of the offering — ten trained voices holding one hymn for two hours is a different undertaking from one voice for an hour, and it is reserved for the intentions that warrant it.
Why Devotees Book This
What the tradition prescribes the Lingashtakam Homa for:
Deepened Bhakti
The eight verses are pure surrender. Devotees offer them when devotion feels distant and they want it rekindled.
Inner Stillness
Shaiva texts hold the hymn as a settling force for a restless mind. Many book it during periods of agitation or grief.
Steadier Sadhana
Sought before beginning or renewing a practice — japa, fasting, Monday vratas, or a Shiva-centred discipline.
Release of Old Patterns
The fire is traditionally invoked to consume samskaras — the grooves of habit, pride and attachment the seeker wishes to shed.
Grace of Sadashiva
Each verse ends in prostration. The rite is performed to place you, again and again, at the feet of the Auspicious One.
A Household Turned Toward Shiva
Families sponsor the Lingashtakam homa to consecrate a new sadhana room, an altar, or a shift toward a devotional life at home.
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Lingashtakam Homa is trained in a traditional Padashala and personally recruited by Brahmashree Shivaaya — Chief Operating Officer & Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava. Your ritual is conducted at our own Yagna Ashram — never a rented venue.
Meet our priests →- Certified Vedic priests — trained in traditional Padashalas
- 100% Agama Vidhi — as prescribed in the scriptures
- One chart, one sankalpa, one fire — never a group ceremony
- Muhurta from your chart — date fixed to your birth details
- Free worldwide delivery — prasadam & energised Shiva Yantra
One rite, one price
There is nothing to choose. Unlike most of our homas, the Lingashtakam Homa is not offered at several priest counts. It is performed one way, as the rite requires — 5 priests, 5 hours — with the free energised Shiva Yantra sealed in its silver amulet, the live telecast, and free worldwide delivery of your prasadam all included in the one price.
2,160 ahutis in all. Each of the 5 priests makes 54 complete recitations of the Lingashtakam (270 in all), with one offering at every verse, and all of them perform at the same time, in one ceremony.
Has your astrologer prescribed a different ritual count? Our priests can review it and arrange a customised homa. Call our Devotee Relationship Team on +91 96295 55442 — they confirm the count, the priests, the approximate duration and the total price before you book.
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You book — and add birth details on the next page, straight after payment.
Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.
The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.
After the homa — tracking email with how and when to wear the Shiva Yantra.
The most auspicious days for a Lingashtakam Homa
Shiva's rites follow the moon and the thirteenth tithi. These are the windows priests favour for the Lingashtakam Homa:
The twilight of the thirteenth tithi, twice each lunar month. The most classical hour for Linga worship and hymns of praise.
The great night of Shiva in Phalguna. The hymn is chanted through the watches; a Maha homa on this day carries particular weight.
Somavara belongs to Shiva, and Ardra is his star. Both are chosen for sustained Lingashtakam recitation.
The Mondays of these months are kept by devotees for Shiva vratas, and the homa is often booked to open or close such a vow.
You do not need to wait for one of these days. Whenever you book, our astrologers calculate the muhurta from your own birth chart — a date chosen for you personally, which tradition regards as more precise than a calendar date chosen for everyone. If you would like the homa on one of the days above, tell us at checkout and we will fix the muhurta within it.
What you receive
The sealing of the Shiva Yantra
The Shiva Yantra is consecrated over three days — Jala (holy-water consecration with mantras), Prana (life force through pranayama & chants) and Jeeva Pratishta (awakened with 108 recitations & offerings) — then present through your homa, receiving the energies raised in the fire. When your homa concludes, it is rolled and locked inside its silver amulet according to Agama vidhi — the practice by which those energies are held within a consecrated object rather than dispersing. It is why a homa performed at our ashram can still reach a devotee ten thousand miles away: what the fire raised travels to you, sealed.
This is what arrives at your door, at no extra cost, with your prasadam.
Personal sankalpa
Your name, gotra & nakshatra — and up to four family members if you wish. No one else is named.
Hear yours read back, as the priest will say it →Live telecast
Watch your own homa in real time from the ashram. Streamed openly on our YouTube channel by default — or request an unlisted telecast at checkout.
Free energised Shiva Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
Shipped to you with your prasadam.
Prasadam, shipped free
Sacred vibhuti, sandalwood powder & kumkum from your fire — delivered to any country.
How to wear your energised Shiva Yantra
Your auspicious time to wear it
Wear it for the first time on a Monday, between 6.30 and 7.30 in the morning. Bathe first, place the yantra on your pooja altar and offer your prayers, then wear it around your neck or your waist, on a red or black thread or a silver chain.
At a funeral
Take the yantra off before you attend a funeral.
Purify the amulet
Whenever the yantra has been taken off, or if it was worn at a funeral, dip it in raw milk or Ganga jal, show it incense, dhoop or attar (perfume), and then wear it again.
Keep the energy intact
You may repeat this energising once a week or once a month.
How your Lingashtakam Homa is performed
Sankalpa
The priest states your name, gotra and nakshatra — and those of up to four family members — with the intention this homa is performed for.
Ganapati Puja
The customary invocation to Ganapati, clearing obstacles before the deity is approached.
Agni Pratishtha
The fire is consecrated in the homa kunda and Agni invoked as the carrier of every offering that follows.
Shiva Avahana
The Lingashtakam is chanted, inviting the deity's presence into the fire — by five priests.
Ahuti
Ghee and akshata, with the flowers, grains and dravyas proper to this deity, are offered in sequence with mantra. Each of the 5 priests makes 432 of these offerings, one at every verse of the Lingashtakam — 2,160 in all.
Purnahuti
The final complete offering seals the sankalpa stated at the opening.
Aarti & Dispatch
Aarti is performed live on your telecast. Vibhuti, sandalwood powder, kumkum and your energised Shiva Yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.
Shiva
The Lingashtakam addresses Sadashiva in the form of the lingam, the aniconic shaft that Shaiva tradition holds as the primary visible mark of the formless Absolute. Unlike anthropomorphic murtis that show Shiva with matted locks, trident or bull, the lingam stands without face or limb, its curved top and squared base marking the union of pure consciousness and manifest energy. Temples from Kedarnath to Rameswaram install it as the garbha-griha’s sole focus; the eight verses of this stotra circle that stone or crystal form alone, naming it the object worshipped by Brahma and Murari, the destroyer of the sorrow born with each birth, and the eternally auspicious lingam. Every verse returns in its refrain to the upright emblem itself, even where its epithets recall episodes of Shiva’s mythology: the burning of Kama, the humbling of Ravana’s pride and the destruction of Daksha’s sacrifice.
In this homa that grace is invoked through fire, with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
Lingashtakam: meaning, pronunciation & how to chant
The mantra word by word, how it is pronounced, and how devotees chant it at home.
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Frequently asked
Your ritual date is an auspicious muhurta calculated personally for you — not a slot on a rota. Once it is confirmed, rescheduling from the customer's side is not available, and cancellation does not carry a refund. If we ever have to move your ritual for unforeseen reasons at the ashram, we will inform you immediately and provide a fresh auspicious date at no cost — and your telecast, recording, prasadam and yantra remain exactly as promised.
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