SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA
PRABHANDA”
ಶ್ರೀ
ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”
33. GOKARNA / ಗೋಕರ್ಣ
ಯೇ ವಿಷ್ಣೋಃ
ಪದಪದ್ಮಚಿಂತನರತಾಃ ತತ್ಕರ್ಮನಿಷ್ಠಾಶ್ಚಯೇ|
ಯೇ
ತದ್ಭಕ್ತಪರಾಯಣಾಃ ಶುಭಧಿಯಃ ಯೇ(s)ರ್ಚಂತಿ ಮಾಂ ಚಾನಿಶಮ್||80||
ಏಕಾಂತೇ
ತದಭೀಷ್ಟಮಾಶು ವಸುಧೇ ದೇಹೀತಿ ಗಾಂ ಬೋಧಯನ್
ಶ್ರೀಗೋಕರ್ಣಕೃತಾಲಯೋ
ವಿಜಯತೇ ದೇವಸ್ಸಗೌರೀಧವಃ||80||
YE ViShNOho padapadmachintanaratAha
tatkarmaniShThAshchayE|
YE tadBhaktaparAyaNAha shuBhaDhiyaha yE(s)rchanti
mAm chAnisham||80||
YEkAntE tadaBhIShTamAshu vasuDhE dEheeti gAm
bODhayan
SreegOkarNakrutAlayO vijayatE
dEvassagaureeDhavaha||81||
SUMMARY(80): Lord Eshwara residing at Gokarna,
which is like the ear of Earth, who preaches Goddess Earth in tranquility to
fulfill the desires of all the devotees who worship the feet of Lord Vishnu;
those who are always interested in remembering the lotus-like feet of Lord
Vishnu, continuously engage themselves in the worship of Sri Narayana, who take
shelter under the devotees of Lord Vishnu and who, with a pious mind, worship
me too, incessantly.
SUMMARY(81): Lord Eshwara, consort of Parvati, who
has his eyes as ears, organs that are bright like serpents, is now keen on
brightening up Gokarna as a gesture of repaying by residing at Gokarna on the shores
of Arabian Sea.
Gokarna is among the holiest places in India. It is
located in Kumta taluk of Karwar district on the shores of Arabian Sea. It has
good surface and rail connectivity from all directions in Karnataka.
In Gokarna, there is a Linga of Mahabaleshwar,
believed to have been consecrated during the regime of Ravana. The
Mahabaleshwara temple is facing the Sea. There is a GaNapati temple and Kashi Gudi to the left of Sri Mahabaleshwara temple.
There is a popular contention that
Goddess Ganga arrives here once in every year. A lake named Kotiteertha is
there in Gokarna.
Sri Vadirajaru mentions in this stanza that Lord
Eshwara arrived at Gokarna specifically whisper in the ear of Bhoodevi or
Goddess Earth to reveal a secret, which is not known to a majority of people.
Gokarna is said to be like the ears of Goddess Earth. Lord Eshwara did not want
ordinary humans to hear what he was about to tell Goddess Earth. The secret
fact told by Eshwara was that Lord Vishnu is the supreme God. Lord Eshwara identifies
himself as an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu and indicates that the devotees of
Lord Vishnu should worship him (Eshwara) as a devotee of Lord Hari.
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