bhuvaneśvara-pathe yaiche kaila daraśana
vistÄri' varṇiyÄchena dÄsa-vá¹›ndÄvana
bhuvaneÅ›vara-pathe - on the way to BhuvaneÅ›vara; yaiche - as; kaila - He did; daraÅ›ana - visiting; vistÄri' - vividly; varṇiyÄchena - has described; dÄsa-vá¹›ndÄvana - Vá¹›ndÄvana dÄsa ṬhÄkura.
In his book Caitanya-bhÄgavata, Antya-khaṇá¸a, ÅšrÄ«la Vá¹›ndÄvana dÄsa ṬhÄkura has very nicely described the Lord’s journey en route to Kaá¹aka (Cuttack). On that journey, the Lord visited a place known as BÄlihastÄ, or BÄlakÄá¹Ä«caá¹i. He then visited the city of BhuvaneÅ›vara, where Lord Åšiva’s temple is located. The temple of BhuvaneÅ›vara is situated about five to six miles from BÄlakÄá¹Ä«caá¹i. The temple of Lord Åšiva is mentioned in the Skanda PurÄṇa, in the narration about the Lord’s garden and the one mango tree. A king named KÄÅ›irÄja wanted to fight with Lord Kṛṣṇa, and consequently he took shelter of Lord Åšiva to acquire the power to fight the Lord. Being pleased with his worship, Lord Åšiva helped him fight Kṛṣṇa. Lord Åšiva’s name is Āśutoá¹£a, which indicates that he is very easily satisfied when one worships him, regardless of the purpose, and he gives his devotee whatever benediction the devotee wants. Therefore, people are generally very fond of worshiping Lord Åšiva. Thus KÄÅ›irÄja was helped by Lord Åšiva, but in the fight with Lord Kṛṣṇa he was not only defeated but killed. In this way the weapon known as PÄÅ›upata-astra was baffled, and Kṛṣṇa set fire to the city of KÄśī. Later Lord Åšiva became conscious of his mistake in helping KÄÅ›irÄja, and he begged Lord Kṛṣṇa’s forgiveness. As a benediction from Lord Kṛṣṇa, he received a place known as EkÄmra-kÄnana. Later, the kings of the KeÅ›arÄ« dynasty established their capital there, and for many hundreds of years they reigned over the state of Orissa.