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කූර්ම ස්තෝත්රම්

Kurma Stotram in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 3× repetitions·🕐 Early morning or evening; especially on Ekadashi and during Vishnu worship·📜 Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 3, Chapter 5 (verses 38–50)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 3, Chapter 5 (verses 38–50) · Maharshi Veda Vyasa (traditional) · Puranic

Kurma is the tortoise incarnation of Vishnu, who bore the mountain Mandara on his back during the churning of the ocean of milk. This stotra, preserved in the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, is the prayer of surrender offered by the gods to the Supreme Lord. Bowing at his lotus feet, the devas extol him as the refuge of all sages and the primeval Person who incarnates to create, sustain and dissolve the worlds, and they beseech his grace and guiding vision to fulfil their appointed role in creation.

✦ As told in scripture

It is traditionally held that the lotus feet of the Lord, glorified in this hymn, when merely remembered bestow abhaya — fearlessness — upon the surrendered soul; devotees believe that sincere recitation, like the gods' own prayer, draws the Lord's protective grace and frees the heart from the threefold suffering of worldly life.

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Verse 1

නමාම තේ දේව පදාරවින්දං ප්රපන්නතාපෝපශමාතපත්රම් . යන්මූලකේතා යතයෝ(අ)ඤ්ජසෝරුසංසාරදුඃඛං බහිරුත්ක්ෂිපන්ති .. 1 ..

namāma te deva padāravindaṃ prapannatāpopaśamātapatram | yanmūlaketā yatayo'ñjasorusaṃsāraduḥkhaṃ bahirutkṣipanti || 1 ||

Meaning:We bow to your lotus feet, O Lord — feet that are like a sheltering umbrella subduing the sufferings of all who surrender, the feet which sages take as their refuge and thereby cast far away the great misery of worldly existence.

Verse 2

ධාතර්යදස්මින් භව ඊශ ජීවාස්තාපත්රයේණෝපහතා න ශර්ම . ආත්මංල්ලභන්තේ භගවංස්තවාඞ්ඝ්රිච්ඡායාං සවිද්යාමත ආශ්රයේම .. 2 ..

dhātaryadasmin bhava īśa jīvāstāpatrayeṇopahatā na śarma | ātmam̐llabhante bhagavaṃstavāṅghricchāyāṃ savidyāmata āśrayema || 2 ||

Meaning:O Sustainer, O Lord, in this world the living beings, stricken by the threefold misery, find no happiness; therefore we take shelter in the shade of your feet, which is joined with true knowledge.

Verse 3

මාර්ගන්ති යත්තේ මුඛපද්මනීඩෛශ්ඡන්දඃසුපර්ණෛරෘෂයෝ විවික්තේ . යස්යාඝමර්ෂෝදසරිද්වරායා පදං පදං තීර්ථපදඃ ප්රපන්නාඃ .. 3 ..

mārganti yatte mukhapadmanīḍaiśchandaḥsuparṇairṛṣayo vivikte | yasyāghamarṣodasaridvarāyā padaṃ padaṃ tīrthapadaḥ prapannāḥ || 3 ||

Meaning:In solitude the sages, like birds nesting in the lotus of your face through the Vedic hymns, seek you — surrendering at every step to the Lord whose feet are the supreme holy ford, the source of the sin-destroying celestial Ganga.

Verse 4

යච්ඡ්රද්ධයා ශ්රුතවත්යාං ච භක්ත්යා සංමෘජ්යමානේ හෘදයේ(අ)වධාය . ජ්ඤානේන වෛරාග්යබලේන ධීරා ව්රජේම තත්තේ(අ)ඞ්ඝ්රිසරෝජපීඨම් .. 4 ..

yachchraddhayā śrutavatyāṃ cha bhaktyā saṃmṛjyamāne hṛdaye'vadhāya | jñānena vairāgyabalena dhīrā vrajema tatte'ṅghrisarojapīṭham || 4 ||

Meaning:Upon the heart cleansed by faith and devotion through hearing of you, the steadfast ones, by knowledge and the strength of dispassion, fix their minds and so reach that lotus-seat of your feet.

Verse 5

විශ්වස්ය ජන්මස්ථිතිසංයමාර්ථේ කෘතාවතාරස්ය පදාම්බුජං තේ . ව්රජේම සර්වේ ශරණං යදීශ ස්මෘතං ප්රයච්ඡත්යභයං ස්වපුංසාම් .. 5 ..

viśvasya janmasthitisaṃyamārthe kṛtāvatārasya padāmbujaṃ te | vrajema sarve śaraṇaṃ yadīśa smṛtaṃ prayachchhatyabhayaṃ svapuṃsām || 5 ||

Meaning:For the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the universe you have taken your incarnation; we all go for refuge to your lotus feet, O Lord, which, merely remembered, bestow fearlessness upon your devotees.

Verse 6

යත්සානුබන්ධේ(අ)සති දේහගේහේ මමාහමිත්යූඪදුරාග්රහාණාම් . පුංසාං සුදූරං වසතෝ(අ)පි පුර්යාං භජේම තත්තේ භගවන්පදාබ්ජම් .. 6 ..

yatsānubandhe'sati dehagehe mamāhamityūḍhadurāgrahāṇām | puṃsāṃ sudūraṃ vasato'pi puryāṃ bhajema tatte bhagavanpadābjam || 6 ||

Meaning:Though you dwell far from those who, clinging with the false notions of 'I' and 'mine' to the body and home with all their entanglements, are obstinate in delusion — yet, O Lord, may we worship those lotus feet of yours.

Verse 7

තාන්වා අසද්වෘත්තිභිරක්ෂිභිර්යේ පරාහෘතාන්තර්මනසඃ පරේශ . අථෝ න පශ්යන්ත්යුරුගාය නූනං යේ තේ පදන්යාසවිලාසලක්ෂ්ම්යාඃ .. 7 ..

tānvā asadvṛttibhirakṣibhirye parāhṛtāntarmanasaḥ pareśa | atho na paśyantyurugāya nūnaṃ ye te padanyāsavilāsalakṣmyāḥ || 7 ||

Meaning:Those whose inner minds are dragged away by the senses fixed on base pursuits surely do not behold, O much-glorified one, the splendour and beauty of the placing of your feet.

Verse 8

පානේන තේ දේව කථාසුධායාඃ ප්රවෘද්ධභක්ත්යා විශදාශයා යේ . වෛරාග්යසාරං ප්රතිලභ්ය බෝධං යථාඤ්ජසාන්වීයුරකුණ්ඨධිෂ්ණ්යම් .. 8 ..

pānena te deva kathāsudhāyāḥ pravṛddhabhaktyā viśadāśayā ye | vairāgyasāraṃ pratilabhya bodhaṃ yathāñjasānvīyurakuṇṭhadhiṣṇyam || 8 ||

Meaning:But those of pure heart who, by drinking the nectar of your divine stories with ever-growing devotion, attain the essence of dispassion and right knowledge, easily reach your unobstructed supreme abode.

Verse 9

තථාපරේ චාත්මසමාධියෝගබලේන ජිත්වා ප්රකෘතිං බලිෂ්ඨාම් . ත්වාමේව ධීරාඃ පුරුෂං විශන්ති තේෂාං ශ්රමඃ ස්යාන්න තු සේවයා තේ .. 9 ..

tathāpare chātmasamādhiyogabalena jitvā prakṛtiṃ baliṣṭhām | tvāmeva dhīrāḥ puruṣaṃ viśanti teṣāṃ śramaḥ syānna tu sevayā te || 9 ||

Meaning:And others, the steadfast, having conquered mighty material nature by the power of yoga and self-absorption, enter into you, the Supreme Person; for them all toil ceases — though this is not as easy as serving you with devotion.

Verse 10

තත්තේ වයං ලෝකසිසෘක්ෂයාද්ය ත්වයානුසෘෂ්ටාස්ත්රිභිරාත්මභිඃ ස්ම . සර්වේ වියුක්තාඃ ස්වවිහාරතන්ත්රං න ශක්නුමස්තත්ප්රතිහර්තවේ තේ .. 10 ..

tatte vayaṃ lokasisṛkṣayādya tvayānusṛṣṭāstribhirātmabhiḥ sma | sarve viyuktāḥ svavihāratantraṃ na śaknumastatpratihartave te || 10 ||

Meaning:Now, O Unborn One, we have been brought forth by you through your three forms (the gunas) for the creation of the worlds; yet, separated and each acting on its own, we are unable to carry out for you the work of creation.

Verse 11

යාවද්බලිං තේ(අ)ජ හරාම කාලේ යථා වයං චාන්නමදාම යත්ර . යථෝභයේෂාං ත ඉමේ හි ලෝකා බලිං හරන්තෝ(අ)න්නමදන්ත්යනූහාඃ .. 11 ..

yāvadbaliṃ te'ja harāma kāle yathā vayaṃ chānnamadāma yatra | yathobhayeṣāṃ ta ime hi lokā baliṃ haranto'nnamadantyanūhāḥ || 11 ||

Meaning:Grant, O Unborn, that we may at the proper time offer you our oblations and partake of our food, so that both we and these created beings, offering tribute and eating, may flourish free of anxiety.

Verse 12

ත්වං නඃ සුරාණාමසි සාන්වයානාං කූටස්ථ ආද්යඃ පුරුෂඃ පුරාණඃ . ත්වං දේවශක්ත්යාං ගුණකර්මයෝනෞ රේතස්ත්වජායාං කවිමාදධේ(අ)ජඃ .. 12 ..

tvaṃ naḥ surāṇāmasi sānvayānāṃ kūṭastha ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ | tvaṃ devaśaktyāṃ guṇakarmayonau retastvajāyāṃ kavimādadhe'jaḥ || 12 ||

Meaning:You are the unchanging, primeval, ancient Supreme Person, the source of us gods and our lineage; you, the Unborn, as the Purusha placed the seed in Prakriti (the womb of the gunas and karma) to bring forth the creator (Brahma).

Verse 13

තතෝ වයං සත්ප්රමුඛා යදර්ථේ බභූවිමාත්මන්කරවාම කිං තේ . ත්වං නඃ ස්වචක්ෂුඃ පරිදේහි ශක්ත්යා දේවක්රියාර්ථේ යදනුග්රහාණාම් .. 13 ..

tato vayaṃ satpramukhā yadarthe babhūvimātmankaravāma kiṃ te | tvaṃ naḥ svachakṣuḥ paridehi śaktyā devakriyārthe yadanugrahāṇām || 13 ||

Meaning:For what purpose, then, have we and the foremost beings come into being? O Lord, what shall we do for you? Graciously bestow on us your own guiding vision and power, that we may accomplish the work of the gods that depends on your grace.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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නමාම තේ දේව🔊namāma te devaWe bow to you, O Lord

පදාරවින්දං🔊padāravindaṃ(To your) lotus feet

ප්රපන්න-තාප-උපශම-ආතපත්රම්🔊prapanna-tāpa-upaśama-ātapatramWhich are like an umbrella that subdues the sufferings of those who surrender

යන්මූලකේතාඃ යතයඃ🔊yanmūla-ketāḥ yatayaḥSages who take those feet as their refuge / shelter

උරුසංසාරදුඃඛං බහිරුත්ක්ෂිපන්ති🔊uru-saṃsāra-duḥkhaṃ bahir-utkṣipantiCast far away the great misery of worldly existence

තාපත්රයේණ උපහතාඃ🔊tāpatrayeṇa upahatāḥAfflicted by the three kinds of misery (bodily, mental, external)

තව අඞ්ඝ්රිච්ඡායාං🔊tava aṅghri-chhāyāṃThe shade / shelter of your feet

සවිද්යාම් ආශ්රයේම🔊savidyām āśrayemaWe take refuge, (the shelter) joined with true knowledge

මාර්ගන්ති ඍෂයඃ විවික්තේ🔊mārganti ṛṣayaḥ vivikteThe sages seek (you) in solitude / secluded contemplation

තීර්ථපදඃ ප්රපන්නාඃ🔊tīrtha-padaḥ prapannāḥSurrendering to the Lord whose feet are the holy fords (tirthas)

ජ්ඤානේන වෛරාග්යබලේන ධීරාඃ🔊jñānena vairāgya-balena dhīrāḥThe steadfast ones, by knowledge and the power of dispassion

අඞ්ඝ්රිසරෝජපීඨම්🔊aṅghri-saroja-pīṭhamThe lotus-seat of your feet

විශ්වස්ය ජන්ම-ස්ථිති-සංයම-අර්ථේ🔊viśvasya janma-sthiti-saṃyama-artheFor the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the universe

කෘතාවතාරස්ය🔊kṛtāvatārasyaOf you who have taken (this) incarnation

ශරණං ව්රජේම සර්වේ🔊śaraṇaṃ vrajema sarveWe all go for refuge

ස්මෘතං ප්රයච්ඡති අභයං🔊smṛtaṃ prayachchhati abhayaṃWhich, when remembered, bestows fearlessness

කථාසුධායාඃ පානේන🔊kathā-sudhāyāḥ pānenaBy drinking the nectar of your divine stories

ප්රවෘද්ධභක්ත්යා🔊pravṛddha-bhaktyāWith ever-growing devotion

ආත්මසමාධියෝගබලේන🔊ātma-samādhi-yoga-balenaBy the power of yoga and absorption in the Self

ජිත්වා ප්රකෘතිං බලිෂ්ඨාම්🔊jitvā prakṛtiṃ baliṣṭhāmHaving conquered the powerful material nature (prakriti)

ත්වං ආද්යඃ පුරුෂඃ පුරාණඃ🔊tvaṃ ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥYou are the primeval, ancient Supreme Person

ත්වං නඃ ස්වචක්ෂුඃ පරිදේහි🔊tvaṃ naḥ sva-chakṣuḥ paridehiBestow on us your own (guiding) vision / sight

Benefits of Chanting Kurma Stotram

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A powerful prayer of sharanagati (surrender) at the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu

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Remembering the Lord's feet through this hymn is said to bestow fearlessness (abhaya)

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Cultivates dispassion (vairagya) and discernment (jnana) as praised in its verses

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Drawn directly from the sacred Srimad Bhagavata Purana, carrying its scriptural sanctity

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Calms the threefold suffering (tapatraya) of body, mind and circumstance

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Deepens devotion through reflection on the refuge of the Lord's incarnations

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Suitable for daily recitation as a contemplative Vaishnava prayer

How to Chant Kurma Stotram

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Best TimeEarly morning or evening; especially on Ekadashi and during Vishnu worship

Sit calmly before an image of Lord Vishnu, light a lamp and recite the verses slowly, meditating on the Lord's lotus feet as the sole refuge that dispels all fear and sorrow. Reflect on each prayer of surrender. It is fittingly chanted on Ekadashi, during Vishnu festivals, and as part of regular Bhagavata study and recitation.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Kurma Stotram written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It is a thirteen-verse Sanskrit hymn of surrender to Lord Vishnu, found in the Srimad Bhagavata Purana (Canto 3, Chapter 5), in which the gods bow to the Lord's lotus feet and pray for refuge and grace. It is associated with Lord Kurma, the tortoise incarnation of Vishnu.

It is taken from the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, the great Vaishnava scripture traditionally ascribed to Maharshi Veda Vyasa. The verses form a prayer offered by the devas to the Supreme Lord.

Its central theme is sharanagati — total surrender at the lotus feet of the Lord. It declares that those feet shelter the devotee like an umbrella from all suffering, and that merely remembering them grants fearlessness, while urging refuge over mere effort.

It is recited as a daily contemplative prayer to Vishnu, and especially on Ekadashi and during Vishnu festivals, as well as in the course of studying and reciting the Srimad Bhagavata Purana.