Text 3581
Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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PURPORT
In the  Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya  (eighth part) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Sārvabhauma, I have traveled to many holy places, but I cannot find a Vaiṣṇava as good as you anywhere. However, I must admit that Rāmānanda Rāya is wonderful.”
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya replied, “Therefore, my Lord,! requested that You see him.”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “There are, of course, many Vaiṣṇavas in these holy places, and most of them worship Lord Nārāyaṇa. Others, who are called Tattvavādīs, are also Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa worshipers, but they do not belong to the pure Vaiṣṇava cult. There are many worshipers of Lord Śiva, and there are also many atheists. Regardless, My dear Bhaṭṭācārya, I very much like Rāmānanda Rāya and his opinions.”
TEXT 358
তীর্থযাত্রা-কথা এই কৈলুঁ সমাপন । সংক্ষেপে ব-হিলুঁ, বিস্তার না যায় বর্ণন ॥ ৩৫৮ ॥
tīrtha-yātrā-kathā ei kailuṅ samāpana saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ, vistāra nā yāya varṇana
SYNONYMS
tīrtha-yātrā-kathā —topics of the pilgrimage;  ei —these;  kailuṅ samāpana —I have finished;  saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ —I have described in brief;  vistāra —expansively;  nā yāya varṇana —it is not possible to describe.
TRANSLATION
Thus I have ended my narration about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, describing it in brief. It cannot be described very broadly.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura points out that in the seventy-fourth verse of this chapter it is stated that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śiyālī-bhairavī, but actually at Śiyālī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śrī Bhū-varāha. Near Śiyālī and Cidambaram there is a temple known as Śrī Muṣṇam. In this temple there is a Deity of Śrī Bhū-varāha. In the jurisdiction of Cidambaram there is a district known as southern Ārkaṭa. The town of Śiyālī is in that district. There is a temple of Śrī Bhū-varāhadeva nearby, not Bhairavī-devī. This is Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s conclusion.