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-kapāle—at Kumbhakarṇa-kapāla; dekhi'—after seeing; sarovara—the lake; śiva-kṣetre—at Śiva-kṣetra; śiva—Lord Śiva; dekhe—sees; gaurāṅga-sundara—Lord 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.