Name #86 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ಶರಣಮ್ Sharanam — meaning in Kannada
Sharanam (śaraṇam) is name #86 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ದುಃಖಿತರೆಲ್ಲರ ಶರಣು
In English: The refuge of all who suffer
From shloka 10 · chapter Matsya
ಸುರೇಶಃ ಶರಣಂ ಶರ್ಮ ವಿಶ್ವರೇತಾಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಭವಃ
ಅಹಃ ಸಂವತ್ಸರೋ ವ್ಯಾಲಃ ಪ್ರತ್ಯಯಃ ಸರ್ವದರ್ಶನಃ
Also in this shloka: sureśaḥ · śarma · viśvaretāḥ · prajābhavaḥ · ahaḥ · saṃvatsaraḥ · vyālaḥ · pratyayaḥ · sarvadarśanaḥ
Sharanam in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.