Tovyt 7011
Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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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.
TRANSI ATION
At Kumbhakarṇa-kapāla, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw a great lake and then the holy place named Śiva-ksetra, 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 Tāñjor. 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 Tāñjor, is situated near a big lake known as Śiva-gaṅgā. There is a large temple to Lord Śiva there known as Bṛhatīśvara-śiva-mandira.
TEXT 79
পাপনাশনে বিষ্ণু কৈল দরশন।
শ্রীরঙ্গক্ষেত্রে ভবে করিলা গমন ॥ ৭৯ ॥
pāpa-nāśane viṣṇu kaila daraśana śrī-raṅga-kṣetre tabe karilā gamana
SYNONYMS
pāpa-nāśane —at the place named Pāpanāśana;  viṣṇu —Lord Viṣṇu;  kaila —did;  daraśana —visiting;  śrī-raṅga-kṣetre —to the holy place named Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra;  tabe —then;  karilā —did;  gamana —departure.
TRANSLATION
After visiting the holy place named Śiva-kṣetra, Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Pāpanāśana and there saw the temple of Lord Viṣṇu. Then He finally reached Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra.
PURPORT
According to some, the place known as Pāpanāśana was located eight miles southwest of Kumbhakoṇam. Others say that in the district of Tinebheli there is a city known as Pālamakoṭā. Twenty miles west of there is a holy place known as