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Shloka 45

Devanagari script

व्रजामि नित्यं शरणं गुहेशं स्थाणुं प्रपद्ये गिरिशं पुरारिम् / शिवं प्रपद्ये हरमिन्दुमौलिं पिनाकिनं त्वां शरणं व्रजामि

Transliteration

vrajāmi nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ guheśaṃ sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purārim / śivaṃ prapadye haramindumauliṃ pinākinaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าขอถึงพระคุเหศะเป็นที่พึ่งเนืองนิตย์; ข้าพเจ้าขอพึ่งพระสถาณุผู้มั่นคง พระคิริศะ ผู้ปราบตรีปุระ. ข้าพเจ้าขอถึงพระศิวะ พระหระผู้ทรงจันทร์บนมวยผม; โอ้พระปินากิน ผู้ทรงคันศรปินากะ ข้าพเจ้าขอถึงท่านเป็นที่พึ่ง

Word by Word
व्रजामिI go
व्रजामि:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; धातु: व्रज् = गमन (to go)
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
शरणम्refuge
शरणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
गुहेशम्Guheśa (Lord of the cave)
गुहेशम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: गुहायाः ईशः (lord of the cave/secret place)
स्थाणुम्Sthāṇu (the Immovable One)
स्थाणुम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
प्रपद्येI take refuge (in)
प्रपद्ये:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: पद् (गत्यर्थ) with उपसर्ग प्र-; अर्थ: शरणं गच्छे/आश्रये (I take refuge)
गिरिशम्Giriśa (Lord of the mountain)
गिरिशम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: गिरेः ईशः (lord of the mountain)
पुरारिम्Purāri (enemy of the triple cities)
पुरारिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पुरस्य अरिः (enemy of the cities)
शिवम्Śiva
शिवम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
प्रपद्येI take refuge (in)
प्रपद्ये:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पद् (धातु)
Formलट्, आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
हरम्Hara
हरम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
इन्दुमौलिम्Indumauli (moon-crested one)
इन्दुमौलिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु + मौलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: इन्दोः मौलिः (one whose crest is the moon / moon-crested)
पिनाकिनम्Pinākin (bearer of the bow Pināka)
पिनाकिनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; -इन् प्रत्ययान्त (possessor)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन
शरणम्refuge
शरणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
व्रजामिI go
व्रजामि:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
Speaker

A devotee/narratorial voice within the Purāṇic discourse (stuti addressed to Lord Śiva in the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
S
Shiva
G
Guheśa
S
Sthāṇu
G
Giriśa
P
Purāri (Tripurāntaka)
H
Hara
I
Indumauli
P
Pinākin

FAQs

By invoking Śiva as Sthāṇu (the immovable) and as the ultimate refuge, the verse points to the Supreme as the unshaken spiritual ground—steadfast, transcendent, and worthy of surrender beyond changing conditions.

The verse emphasizes śaraṇāgati (total surrender) and nāma-smaraṇa (contemplation through divine epithets). In a Pāśupata-oriented reading, repeated refuge-taking stabilizes the mind (citta) and aligns the practitioner with Īśvara as the guiding support of sādhana.

Within the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, praise of Śiva as the supreme refuge functions alongside Vaiṣṇava revelation (Kurma/Vishnu as narrator in many sections), conveying harmony rather than rivalry: devotion to Śiva is upheld as a direct path to the same highest reality honored across the Purāṇa.

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