Text 281] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 65
SYNONYMS

gokarne—in the place named Gokarna; siva—the temple of Lord Siva; dekhi’—
seeing; dila—came; dvaipayani—to Dvaipayani; sirpdraka-tirthe—to the holy
place named Sdrparaka; aila—came; ny4dsi-siromani—the best of the sannydsis,
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

After seeing Paficapsara, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gokarna. While
there, He visited the temple of Lord Siva, and then He went to Dvaipayani. Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the crown jewel of all sannydsis, then went to Siar-
paraka-tirtha.

PURPORT

Gokarna is situated in North Kanada in the Maharastra province. It is about
twenty miles southeast of Karaoydra. This place is very famous for the temple of
Lord Siva known as Maha-balesvara. Hundreds and thousands of pilgrims come to
see this temple. Sdrpadraka is about twenty-six miles north of Bombay. In the
Maharastra province near Bombay is a district known as Thana and a place known
as Sopara. SGrparaka is mentioned in the Mahabharata (Santi-parva, Chapter
41, verses 66-67).

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kolapure laksmi dekhi’ dekhena ksira-bhagavati
langa-ganesa dekhi’ dekhena cora-parvati
SYNONYMS

kolapure—at Kolapura; laksmi—the goddess of fortune; dekhi’—seeing;
dekhena—he visited; ksira-bhagavati—the temple of Ksira-bhagavati; langa-
ganesa—the deity Langa-ganeSa; dekhi’—seeing; dekhena—He sees; cora-par-
vati—the goddess Parvati, who is known as a thief.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited the town of Kolapura, where He saw
the goddess of fortune in the temple of Ksira-bhagavati and Langa-ganeSa in
another temple, known as Cora-parvati.
