| Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 79: Lord Balarama Goes on Pilgrimage |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.79.19-21
tato 'bhivrajya bhagavan
keralams tu trigartakan
surparakam agad balah
upasprisyatha dandakam
SYNONYMS
tatah -- then; abhivrajya -- traveling; bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord; keralan -- through the kingdom of Kerala; tu -- and; trigartakan -- Trigarta; gokarna-akhyam -- named Gokarna (on the coast of the Arabian Sea in northern Karnataka); siva-kshetram -- the place sacred to Lord Siva; sannidhyam -- manifestation; yatra -- where; dhurjateh -- of Lord Siva; aryam -- the honored goddess (Parvati, wife of Lord Siva); dvaipa -- on an island (off the coast near Gokarna); ayanim -- who resides; drishtva -- seeing; surparakam -- to the holy district of Surparaka; agat -- went; balah -- Lord Balarama; tapim payoshnim nirvindhyam -- to the Tapi, Payoshni and Nirvindhya rivers; upasprisya -- touching water; atha -- next; dandakam -- the Dandaka forest; pravisya -- entering; revam -- to the Reva River; agamat -- He went; yatra -- where; mahishmati puri -- the city of Mahishmati; manu-tirtham -- to Manu-tirtha; upasprisya -- touching water; prabhasam -- to Prabhasa; punah -- again; agamat -- He came.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord then traveled through the kingdoms of Kerala and Trigarta, visiting Lord Siva's sacred city of Gokarna, where Lord Dhurjati [Siva] directly manifests himself. After also visiting Goddess Parvati, who dwells on an island, Lord Balarama went to the holy district of Surparaka and bathed in the Tapi, Payoshni and Nirvindhya rivers. He next entered the Dandaka forest and went to the river Reva, along which the city of Mahishmati is found. Then He bathed at Manu-tirtha and finally returned to Prabhasa.
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