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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.79
পাপনাশনে বিষ্ণু কৈল দরশন ।
শ্রীরঙ্গক্ষেত্রে তবে করিলা গমন ॥ ৭৯ ॥
pāpa-nāśane viṣṇu kaila daraśana
śrī-raṅga-kṣetre tabe karilā gamana
After visiting the holy place named Śiva-kṣetra, Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Pāpanāśana and there saw the temple of Lord Viṣṇu. Then He finally reached Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After visiting Śiva-kṣetra, Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Pāpanāśana and saw the temple of Lord Viṣṇu. He then reached Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra.
The purport explains that two holy places bear the name Pāpanāśana. One is eight miles southwest of Kumbhakonam.
The other Pāpanāśana is near the river Tāmraparṇī in the Tirunelveli district, twenty miles west of Tirunelveli.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After leaving Śrī Raṅga, Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Ṛṣabha-parvata, where He met Paramānanda Purī, who later arrived at Jagannātha Purī. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that two places share this name encourage careful reading?
Write the journey in order: Śiva-kṣetra, Pāpanāśana, Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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