gajendra-mokṣaṇa-tīrthe dekhi viṣṇu-mūrti
pÄnÄgaá¸i-tÄ«rthe Äsi' dekhila sÄ«tÄpati
gajendra-moká¹£aṇa-tÄ«rthe - at the holy place named Gajendra-moká¹£aṇa; dekhi - seeing; viṣṇu-mÅ«rti - the Deity of Lord Viṣṇu; pÄnÄgaá¸i-tÄ«rthe - to the holy place PÄnÄgaá¸i; Äsi' - coming; dekhila - saw; sÄ«tÄ-pati - Lord ÅšrÄ« RÄmacandra and SÄ«tÄdevÄ«.
Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu then visited the holy place named Gajendra-moká¹£aṇa, where He went to a temple of Lord Viṣṇu. He then came to PÄnÄgaá¸i, a holy place where He saw the Deities of Lord RÄmacandra and SÄ«tÄ.
The Gajendra-mokṣaṇa temple is sometimes mistaken for a temple of Lord Śiva. It is about two miles south of the city of Kaivera (Nagercoil). Actually the Deity is not of Lord Śiva but of Viṣṇu.
PÄnÄgaá¸i (Pannakudi) is about thirty miles south of Tirunelveli. Formerly the temple there contained the Deity of ÅšrÄ« RÄmacandra, but later the devotees of Lord Åšiva replaced Lord RÄmacandra with a deity of Lord Åšiva named RÄmeÅ›vara or RÄma-liá¹…ga Åšiva.
