Tevy 2441
Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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TEXT 244
শৃঙ্গেরি-মঠে আইলা শঙ্করাচার্য-স্থানে । 
মৎস্য-তীর্থ দেখি’ কৈল তুলভজায় স্নানে ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
śṛṅgeri-maṭhe āilā śaṅkarācārya-sthāne matsya-tīrtha dekhi’ kaila tuṅgabhadrāya snāne
SYNONYMS
śṛṅgeri-maṭhe —to the Śṛṅgeri monastery;  āilā —came;  śaṅkarācārya-sthāne —at the place of Śaṅkarācārya;  matsya-tīrtha —the holy place named Matsya-tīrtha;  dekhi' —seeing;  kaila —did;  tuṅgabhadrāya snāne —bathing in the River Tuṅgabhadrā.
TRANSLATION
There He saw the monastery known as Śṛṅgeri-maṭha, the abode of Ācārya Śaṅkara. He then visited Matsya-tīrtha, a place of pilgrimage, and took a bath in the River Tuṅgabhadrā.
PURPORT
The monastery known as Śṛṅgeri-maṭha is situated in the province of Mysore (Mahīśūra) in the district of Śimogā. This monastery is located on the left bank of the River Tuṅgabhadrā, seven miles south of Harihara-pura. The real name of this place is Śṛṅga-giri or Śṛṅgavera-purī, and it is the headquarters of Śaṅkarācārya. Śaṅkarācārya had four principal disciples, and he established four centers under their management.
In North India at Badarikāśrama, the monastery named Jyotir-maṭha was established. At Puruṣottama, the Bhogavardhana or Govardhana monastery was established. In Dvārakā, the Sāradā monastery was established, and the fourth monastery, established in South India, is known as Śṛṅgeri-maṭha. In the Śṛṅgeri-maṭha, the  sannyāsīs  assume the designations Sarasvatī, Bhāratī and Purī. They are all  ekadaṇḍi-sannyāsīs , distinguished from the Vaiṣṇava  sannyāsīs , who are known as  tridaṇḍi-sannyāsīs . The Śṛṅgeri-maṭha is situated in South India in a portion of the country known as Āndhra, Draviḍa, Karṇāṭa and Kerala. The community is called Bhūvibāra, and the dynasty is called Bhūr-bhuvaḥ. The place is called Rāmeśvara, and the slogan is “ Ahaṁ brahmāsmi. ” The Deity is Lord Varāha, and the energetic power is Kāmākṣī. The  ācārya  is Hastāmalaka, and the  brahmacārī  assistants of the  sannyāsīs  are known as Caitanya. The place of pilgrimage is called Tuṅgabhadrā, and the subject for Vedic study is the  Yajur Veda .