tāhāñi karila kūrma-purāṇa śravaṇa
māyā-sītā nileka rāvaṇa, tāhāte likhana

 tāhāñi - there; karila - did; kūrma-purāṇa - of the Kūrma Purāṇa; śravaṇa - hearing; māyā-sītā - a false Sītā; nileka - kidnapped; rāvaṇa - by Rāvaṇa; tāhāte - in that book; likhana - it is stated.


Text

At Rāmeśvara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had a chance to read the Kūrma Purāṇa, in which He discovered that the form of Sītā kidnapped by Rāvaṇa was not that of the real Sītā but a mere shadow representation.

Purport

The Kūrma Purāṇa states that this shadowy Sītā was placed into a fire as a test of chastity. It was Māyā-sītā who entered the fire and the real Sītā who came out of the fire.