Madhya 9.78

TEXT 78

TEXT

কুম্ভকর্ণ-কপালে দেখি' সরোবর ।
শিব-ক্ষেত্রে শিব দেখে গৌরাঙ্গসুন্দর ॥ ৭৮ ॥

kumbhakarna-kapale dekhi' sarovara

siva-ksetre siva dekhe gauraṅga-sundara

SYNONYMS

kumbhakarna-kapale-at Kumbhakarna-kapala; dekhi'-after seeing; sarovara-the lake; siva-ksetre-at Siva-ksetra; siva-Lord Siva; dekhe-sees; gauraṅga-sundara-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

At Kumbhakarna-kapala, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw a great lake and then the holy place named Siva-ksetra, where a temple of Lord Siva is located.

PURPORT

Kumbhakarna is the name of the brother of Ravana. At the present moment the city of Kumbhakonam is situated twenty miles northeast of the city of Tanjor. There are twelve temples of Lord Siva located at Kumbhakonam as well as four Visnu temples and one temple to Lord Brahma. Siva-ksetra, within the city of Tanjor, is situated near a big lake known as Siva-gaṅga. There is a large temple to Lord Siva there known as Brhatisvara-siva-mandira.

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