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Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to Setubandha [Rāmeśvara], where He took His bath at a place called Dhanustīrtha. From there He visited the Rāmeśvara temple and then took rest.
PURPORT
The path through the ocean to the islands known as Maṇḍapam and Pambam consists partly of sand and partly of water. The island of Pambam is about eleven miles long and six miles wide. From the Pambam Harbor four miles to the north is a temple known as Rāmeśvara. It is said,  devī-pattanam ārabhya gaccheyuḥ setubandhanam : "After visiting the temple of the goddess Durgā, one should go to the temple of Rāmeśvara." In this area there are twenty-four different holy places, one of which is Dhanustīrtha, located about twelve miles southeast of Rāmeśvara. It is near the last station of the South Indian Railway, a station called Rāmanāda. It is said that here, due to the request of Vibhīṣaṇa, the younger brother of Rāvaṇa, Lord Rāmacandra destroyed a small bridge with His bow upon returning to His capital. If one visits Dhanustīrtha, he is liberated from the cycle of birth and death. It is also said that if one bathes at Dhanustīrtha, he gets all the fruitive results of performing the  yajña  known as  agniṣṭoma .
Setubandha is on the island of Pambam. There is a temple of Lord Śiva there called Rāmeśvara. This indicates that Lord Śiva is a great personality whose worshipable Deity is Lord Rāma. Thus the Lord Śiva found in the temple of Rāmeśvara is a great devotee of Lord Rāmacandra.
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বিপ্র-সভায় শুনে তাঁহা কুর্ম-পুরাণ ।
তার মধ্যে আইলা পতিব্রতা-উপাখ্যান ॥ ২০০ ॥
vipra-sabhāya śune tāṅhā kūrma-purāṇa tāra madhye āilā pativratā-upākhyāna
SYNONYMS
vipra-sabhāya —among the assembly of  brāhmaṇas ;  śune —hears;  tāṅhā —there;  kūrma-purāṇa —the  Kūrma Purāṇa ;  tāra madhye —within that book;  āilā —there was;  pati-vratā —of the chaste woman;  upākhyāna —narration.
TRANSLATION
There, among the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the Kūrma Purāṇa, wherein was mentioned the chaste woman's narration.