Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.73

śveta-varāha dekhi, tāńre namaskari'

pītāmbara-śiva-sthāne gelā gaurahari

SYNONYMS

śveta-varāha — the white boar incarnation; dekhi — seeing; tāńre — unto Him; namaskari' — offering respect; pīta-ambara — dressed with yellow garments; śiva-sthāne — to the temple of Lord Śiva; gelā — went; gaurahari — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

TRANSLATION

At Vṛddhakola, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Śveta-varāha, the white boar incarnation. After offering Him respects, the Lord visited the temple of Lord Śiva, wherein the deity is dressed with yellow garments.

PURPORT

The temple of the white boar incarnation is situated at Vṛddhakola, or Śrī Muṣṇam. The temple is made of stone and is located about one mile south of an oasis known as Balipīṭham. There is a Deity of the white boar incarnation, above whose head Śeṣa Nāga serves as an umbrella.

The temple of Lord Śiva mentioned here is situated in Pītāmbara, or Cidāmbaram, which lies twenty-six miles south of Cuddalore. The deity of Lord Śiva there is known as Ākāśalińga. The temple is situated on about thirty-nine acres of land, and all this land is surrounded by a wall and by a road that is about sixty feet wide.

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