Sri Kurma Stotram (from Kurma Purana)
shree koorma stotram' (koormapuraane)
munayah' oochuh' |
namaste koormaroopaaya vishnave paramaatmane |
naaraayanaaya vishvaaya vaasudevaaya te namah' || 1 ||
namo namaste kri'shnaaya govindaaya namo namah' |
maadhavaaya namastubhyam' namo yajnyeshvaraaya cha || 2 ||
sahasrashirase tubhyam' sahasraakshaaya te namah' |
namah' sahasrahastaaya sahasracharanaaya cha || 3 ||
om namo jnyaanaroopaaya paramaatmasvaroopine |
aanandaaya namastubhyam' maayaateetaaya te namah' || 4 ||
namo good'hashareeraaya nirgunaaya namo'stu te |
purushaaya puraanaaya sattaamaatrasvaroopine || 5 ||
namah' saankhyaaya yogaaya kevalaaya namo'stu te |
dharmajnyaanaadhigamyaaya nishkalaaya namo'stu te || 6 ||
namaste vyomaroopaaya mahaayogeshvaraaya cha |
paraavaraanaam' prabhave vedavedyaaya te namah' || 7 ||
namo buddhaaya shuddhaaya namo yuktaaya hetave |
namo namo namastubhyam' maayine vedhase namah' || 8 ||
namo'stu te varaahaaya naarasim'haaya te namah' |
vaamanaaya namastubhyam' hri'sheekeshaaya te namah' || 9 ||
svargaapavargadaatre cha namo'pratihataatmane |
namo yogaadhigamyaaya yogine yogadaayine || 10 ||
devaanaam' pataye tubhyam' devaartishamanaaya te |
bhagavam'stvatprasaadena sarvasam'saaranaashanam || 11 ||
asmaabhirviditam' jnyaanam' yajjnyaatvaamri'tamashnute |
shrutaastu vividhaa dharmaa vam'shaa manvantaraani cha || 12 ||
sargashcha pratisargashcha brahmaand'asyaasya vistarah' |
tvam' hi sarvajagatsaakshee vishvo naaraayanah' parah' |
traatumarhasyanantaatmaa tvaameva sharanam' gataah' || 13 ||
iti koormapuraane uttarabhaage shat'chatvaarim'sho'dhyaaye munibhih' kri'tam' shree koorma stotram |
Meaning
1. The sages pray: “O Vishnu, who assumed the Kurma (tortoise) form! O Supreme Lord, Narayana, Vasudeva — we bow to You, the eternal support of all worlds.”
2. “Salutations again and again to Krishna, Govinda, Madhava, and Yajneshwara — the Lord of Sacrifice and the purifier of existence.”
3. “Salutations to the One with a thousand heads, eyes, arms, and feet — pervading the universe in every direction.”
4. “O Embodiment of Knowledge and Bliss, beyond illusion and form — we bow to You, the supreme consciousness.”
5. “To the hidden, formless, ancient Purusha, who is the essence of all being — our salutations.”
6. “To the Lord known through Sankhya and Yoga, the formless One attained by dharma and wisdom — our obeisance.”
7. “Salutations to the Sky-formed, the great Yogi, the source of all creation, and the One known through the Vedas.”
8. “To the pure, awakened One, the wielder of divine Maya, the Creator — we bow again and again.”
9. “Salutations to Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, and Hrishikesha — all forms of the same Supreme Vishnu.”
10. “O bestower of heaven and liberation, accessible only through Yoga, giver of the highest realization — our salutations.”
11. “O Lord of the Devas, reliever of their sorrows, by Your grace the entire cycle of birth and death is destroyed.”
12. “Those who know You attain immortality. All dharmas, lineages, and cycles of creation and dissolution arise from You.”
13. “You are the witness of all, the Supreme Narayana, infinite and eternal. We surrender unto You, O boundless one — protect us.”
Summary:
The Sri Kurma Stotram from the Kurma Purana is a profound hymn sung by sages in praise of Lord Vishnu’s Kurma (Tortoise) incarnation. It glorifies Him as the eternal foundation of the cosmos, the embodiment of knowledge and bliss, and the destroyer of ignorance. The hymn embraces not just the Kurma form but all divine manifestations of Vishnu — Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, and others. Reciting it brings peace, purification, divine wisdom, and liberation from the cycle of birth and death.
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