malaya-parvate kaila agastya-vandana
kanyÄ-kumÄrÄ« tÄhÄá¹… kaila daraÅ›ana
malaya-parvate - in the Malaya Hills; kaila - did; agastya-vandana - obeisances to Agastya Muni; kanyÄ-kumÄrÄ« - KanyÄ-kumÄrÄ«; tÄhÄá¹… - there; kaila daraÅ›ana - visited.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu then went to Malaya-parvata and offered prayers to Agastya Muni. He then visited KanyÄ-kumÄrÄ« [Cape Comorin].
The range of mountains in South India beginning at Kerala and extending to Cape Comorin is called Malaya-parvata. Concerning Agastya, there are four opinions: (1) There is a temple of Agastya Muni in the village of AgastyampallÄ«, in the district of Tanjore. (2) There is a temple of Lord Skanda on a hill known as Åšiva-giri, and this temple is said to have been established by Agastya Muni. (3) Some say that the hill near Cape Comorin known as Paá¹hiyÄ served as Agastya Muni’s residence. (4) There is a place known as Agastya-malaya, which is a range of hills on both sides of the TÄmraparṇī River. Cape Comorin itself is also known as KanyÄ-kumÄrÄ«.
