Madhya-līlā

Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Verse 280 of 358
Cc Madhya 9.280

গোকর্ণে শিব দেখিঽ আইলা দ্বৈপাযনি সূর্পারকতীর্থে আইলা ন্যাসিশিরোমণি

गोकर्णे शिव देखिऽ आइला द्वैपायनि सूर्पारकतीर्थे आइला न्यासिशिरोमणि

gokarṇe śiva dekhi' āilā dvaipāyani sūrpāraka-tīrthe āilā nyāsi-śiromaṇi

Synonyms

gokarṇein the place named Gokarṇa; śivathe temple of Lord Siva; dekhi'seeing; āilācame; dvaipāyanito Dvaipāyani; sūrpāraka-tīrtheto the holy place named Sūrpāraka; āilācame; nyāsi-śiromaṇithe best of the sannyāsīs, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu..

Translation

After seeing Pañcāpsarā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Gokarṇa. While there, He visited the temple of Lord Śiva, and then He went to Dvaipāyani. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the crown jewel of all sannyāsīs, then went to Sūrpāraka-tīrtha.

Purport

Gokarṇa is situated in North Kānāḍā in the Mahārāṣṭra province. It is about twenty miles southeast of Kāraoyāra. This place is very famous for the temple of Lord Śiva known as Mahā-baleśvara. Hundreds and thousands of pilgrims come to see this temple. Sūrpāraka is about twenty-six miles north of Bombay. In the Mahārāṣṭra province near Bombay is a district known as Thānā and a place known as Sopārā. Sūrpāraka is mentioned in the Mahābhārata (Śānti-parva, Chapter 41, verses 66-67).

Verse 280 of 358
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