Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 78 of 358
Cc Madhya 9.78

কুম্ভকর্ণকপালে দেখিঽ সরোবর শিবক্ষেত্রে শিব দেখে গৌরাংগসুন্দর

कुम्भकर्णकपाले देखिऽ सरोवर शिवक्षेत्रे शिव देखे गौरांगसुन्दर

kumbhakarṇa-kapāle dekhi' sarovara śiva-kṣetre śiva dekhe gaurāṅga-sundara

Synonyms

kumbhakarṇa-kapāleat Kumbhakarṇa-kapāla; dekhi'after seeing; sarovarathe lake; śiva-kṣetreat Śiva-kṣetra; śivaLord Śiva; dekhesees; gaurāṅga-sundaraLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu..

Translation

At Kumbhakarṇa-kapāla, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw a great lake and then the holy place named Śiva-kṣetra, where a temple of Lord Śiva is located.

Purport

Kumbhakarṇa is the name of the brother of Rāvaṇa. At the present moment the city of Kumbhakoṇam is situated twenty miles northeast of the city of Tañjor. There are twelve temples of Lord Śiva located at Kumbhakoṇam as well as four Viṣṇu temples and one temple to Lord Brahmā. Śiva-kṣetra, within the city of Tañjor, is situated near a big lake known as Śiva-gaṅgā. There is a large temple to Lord Śiva there known as Bṛhatīśvara-śiva-mandira.

Verse 78 of 358
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