Dvaraka

Mārkaṇḍeya said: O Indradyumna, learn from me the greatness of Dvārakā—where, even in the age of Kali, dwells the remover of afflictions, the Lord of Rukmiṇī.

O Goddess Dvārakā, the auspicious Gautamī (Godāvarī) bows to you. Look—look! Here is the supremely meritorious and auspicious Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) as well.

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: O king, having carried out the instruction of his ancestors who had appeared in the form of pretas, the excellent brāhmaṇa Candraśarmā arrived at Dvārakā.

Undoubtedly it is wonderful that Dvārakā has defeated the glories of the heavenly planets and has enhanced the celebrity of the earth. The inhabitants of Dvārakā are always seeing the soul of all living beings [Kṛṣṇa] in His loving…

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Upon reaching the border of His most prosperous metropolis, known as the country of the Ānartas [Dvārakā], the Lord sounded His auspicious conchshell, heralding His arrival and apparently pacifying the dejection of the…

O Śaunaka, thereafter the Lord, having bade farewell to King Yudhiṣṭhira, Draupadī and other relatives, started for the city of Dvārakā, accompanied by Arjuna and other members of the Yadu dynasty.

When I heard that in Dvārakā Subhadrā—Mādhavī—had been carried off by Arjuna, and that the two heroes of the Vṛṣṇis had gone to Indraprastha, then, Saṃjaya, I did not anticipate victory.

In Dvārakā, Subhadrā—the woman of desire—was obtained by Kirīṭin through a love-motivated conveyance, with Vāsudeva’s consent.

He lived in the forest for a full year and one additional month; thereafter, at a certain time, he went to Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa) in Dvāravatī.

Narada said: Having led that brāhmaṇa, Vimala arrived here at Dvārakā. Then the two steadfast men again bathed, desiring devotion to Śrīpati (Lord Viṣṇu). Once more, O king, a cloud-deep voice resounded in the sky.

Then that brāhmaṇa—Rāmakṛṣṇa-satīrthya, a childhood friend—ever afflicted by extreme poverty, tied up in a worn cloth the parched rice he had obtained by begging, and came to the splendid city of Dvārakā to see Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa).

Śibiri said: “O best of sages, those rākṣasī women are staying on a desert route—how then did they obtain water belonging to this Dvārakā?”