Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45
Kapardeśvara at Piśācamocana — Liberation of a Piśāca and the Brahmapāra Hymn
व्रजामि नित्यं शरणं गुहेशं स्थाणुं प्रपद्ये गिरिशं पुरारिम् / शिवं प्रपद्ये हरमिन्दुमौलिं पिनाकिनं त्वां शरणं व्रजामि
vrajāmi nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ guheśaṃ sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purārim / śivaṃ prapadye haramindumauliṃ pinākinaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi
我恒常归依古黑沙（Guheśa），隐秘奥义之主；我投靠斯塔努（Sthāṇu），不动者——吉里沙（Giriśa），群山之主，摧破三城之敌。我归依湿婆（Śiva），归依顶戴月轮的哈拉（Hara）；噢持毗那迦弓的毗那迦因（Pinākin），我来投你为依怙。
A devotee/narratorial voice within the Purāṇic discourse (stuti addressed to Lord Śiva in the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
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.