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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.20Madhya 9.22

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.21

স্কন্দক্ষেত্র-তীর্থে কৈল স্কন্দ দরশন ।

ত্রিমঠ আইলা, তাঁহা দেখি’ ত্রিবিক্রম ॥ ২১ ॥

skanda-kṣetra-tīrthe kaila skanda daraśana

trimaṭha āilā, tāhāṅ dekhi’ trivikrama

Translation

At the holy place known as Skanda-kṣetra, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Skanda. From there He went to Trimaṭha, where He saw the Viṣṇu Deity Trivikrama.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Visit Holy Places and See the Deity

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the holy place known as Skanda-kṣetra.

  2. 2

    There He visited the temple of Skanda.

  3. 3

    He then went to Trimaṭha, where He saw the Viṣṇu Deity Trivikrama.

How it feels

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After leaving Vidyānagara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited such places of pilgrimage as Gautamī-gaṅgā, Mallikārjuna, Ahovala-nṛsiṁha, Siddhavaṭa, Skanda-kṣetra, Trimaṭha, Vṛddhakāśī, Bauddha-sthāna, Tirupati, Tirumala, Pānā-nṛsiṁha, Śiva-kāñcī, Viṣṇu-kāñcī, Trikāla-hasti, Vṛddhakola, Śiyālī-bhairavī, the Kāverī River and Kumbhakarṇa-kapāla. Finally the Lord went to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, where He converted a brāhmaṇa named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who, along with his family, took up devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. skanda-kṣetra-tīrthein the holy place known as Skanda-kṣetra
  2. kailadid
  3. skanda daraśanavisiting Lord Skanda (Kārttikeya, son of Lord Śiva)
  4. trimaṭhaat Trimaṭha
  5. āilāarrived
  6. tāhāṅthere
  7. dekhi’seeing
  8. trivikramaa form of Lord Viṣṇu, Trivikrama
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you give more attention to seeing the Deity when visiting a temple?

Practice

If possible today, visit a temple and take a quiet moment to see the Deity.

Live this todayVisit Holy Places and See the DeityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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