Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.310

tāpī snāna kari' āilā māhiṣmatī-pure

nānā tīrtha dekhi tāhāń narmadāra tīre

SYNONYMS

tāpī — in the Tāpī River; snāna kari' — taking a bath; āilā — arrived; māhiṣmatī-pure — at Māhiṣmatī-pura; nānā tīrtha — many holy places; dekhi — seeing; tāhāń — there; narmadāra tīre — on the bank of the river Narmadā.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next arrived at the banks of the river Tāpī. After bathing there, He went to Māhiṣmatī-pura. While there, He saw many holy places on the banks of the river Narmadā.

PURPORT

The river Tāpī is also known as Tāpti. The river's source is a mountain called Multāi, and the river flows westward through the state of Saurāṣṭra and into the Arabian Sea.

Māhiṣmatī-pura (Maheshwar) is mentioned in Mahābhārata in connection with Sahadeva's victory. Sahadeva, the youngest brother of the Pāṇḍavas, conquered that part of the country. As stated in the Mahābhārata:

tato ratnāny upādāya purīḿ māhiṣmatīḿ yayau

tatra nīlena rājñā sa cakre yuddhaḿ nararṣabhaḥ

"After acquiring jewels, Sahadeva went to the city of Māhiṣmatī, where he fought with a king called Nīla."

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