Place

Vrindavan

वृन्दावनVṛndāvana

verses
360
books
12
chapters
127

What the texts say

In the Bhagavata Purana, Vrindavan is a flowering forest, rich in grass for the cows, where Krishna and Balarama bring the cattle. Bhagavatam 10.15.2, 10.11.28 The same Purana tells how Krishna played in the lake of the serpent Kaliya, circling him playfully as the serpent came forward to bite. Bhagavatam 10.16.8, 10.16.25 In the Vishnu Purana, Krishna, encircled by the gopis, the cowherd women, spends an autumn moonlit night eager to begin the Rasa. Vishnu Purana 5.13.23 The Narada Purana says holy Vrindavan is to be visited by seekers longing for liberation, and that nothing in this world equals it. Narada Purana 2.1.80.85, 2.1.80.86

Where to read

Every verse that names Vrindavan, book by book.

  1. Bhagavatam

    113 verses · 34 chapters

    All 113 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 4.8.62

      Narada ne yeh sab samjha diya. Dhruva ne unke aasirwad liya, unke saamne jhuka, aur phir chal pada. Woh Madhuvan gaya, jahan Hari ke paon ke nishan hain, woh jagah bahut pavitra hai.

    • 10.5.10

      Unke chehre itne sundar lag rahe the, jaise khile hue phool. Haldi aur kumkum se chamak rahe the. Haath mein tohfe liye jaldi-jaldi Yashoda ke ghar chale gayin. Unki khubsurti saaf dikh rahi thi.

    • 10.6.31

      Tab tak Nanda aur saare gopas Mathura se wapas aa gaye the. Raste mein unhone dekha ki Putana ki badi body padi hai. Woh log bahut hairaan reh gaye.

  2. Padma Purana

    96 verses · 24 chapters

    All 96 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 5.69.8

      Satvata logon ka sabse bada sthan hai yeh. Vishnu ke bhakt ke liye bhi milna mushkil hai. Iska naam Vrindavan hai. Yeh hamesha se hai. Yeh poori duniya se upar hai.

    • 5.75.1

      Parvati ne kaha, Prabhu, Vrindavan ka raaz aapne bahut tarike se bataya. Narad kis punya se sachche rang mein aaya?

    • 6.245.96

      Vrindavan ek bahut achhi jagah hai. Yamuna ke paas, jahan paani bahut saaf hai. Wahan unhone ek sundar ghar banaya. Gaiyon ke liye aur gopiyon ke liye bhi.

  3. Narada Purana

    53 verses · 13 chapters

    All 53 verses in the Narada Purana
    • 1.3.80.41

      Jab phoolon se dhool udhti hai, toh chaaron taraf mehak fail jaati hai. Jo banda mantra jaap mein laga hai, uska mann poora ek jagah hota hai. Usko Vrindavan ko yaad karna chahiye, jaise thandi hawa chal rahi ho.

    • 1.4.93.21

      Isme bahut saare rajaon ki kahaniyan hain. Jagannath bhagwan ke baare mein bhi likha hai. Vrindavan kitna important hai, woh bhi bataya hai. Yeh sab padhne se saare paap dhul jaate hain.

    • 1.4.97.18

      Ab Vrindavan ki baari hai, uski badai sunao. Phir ek jaanwar ki kahani hai jo Brahma ke saamne khada hoke bhi aage badh gaya. Uske baad Mohini ki kahani aati hai. Aise hi ek ke baad ek, Narada Purana chalta hai.

  4. Vishnu Purana

    31 verses · 11 chapters

    All 31 verses in the Vishnu Purana
    • 5.5.6

      Yeh sun ke sab gwal Nanda ke peeche nikal pade. Sab ne apna saaman gaadi mein uthaya, kar bhi diya, aur chale gaye.

    • 5.6.24

      Isliye der na karo. Yahan se seedhe Vrindavan chalo. Koi bada sanket humare gaon pe padne se pehle nikal jao.

    • 5.7.1

      Ek baar Krishna akele Vrindavan gaye, Balaram ko saath nahi liya. Gwale bacche unke saath the, sab jungle ke phoolo ki maala pehne hue the. Krishna khush hoke jungle mein ghoomne lage.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Vrindavan matters most.

  1. The Greatness of Vṛndāvana: Gokula as a Thousand-Petalled Lotus and the Sacred Map of Vraja

    Padma Purana 5.69 · 18 verses

  2. Nārada’s Journey to Goloka

    Skanda Purana 2.9.16 · 10 verses

  3. The Glory and Secret Theology of Vṛndāvana (in the context of Nārada’s supplication)

    Padma Purana 5.75 · 9 verses

  4. The Slaying of Kaṁsa (and the Descent of Kṛṣṇa)

    Padma Purana 6.245 · 9 verses

  5. The Greatness of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa

    Padma Purana 5.71 · 4 verses

  6. Narration of the Glory of Vṛndāvana and the Sacred Places Beginning with Mathurā

    Padma Purana 5.73 · 4 verses

  7. Initiation Rite, the Five Vaiṣṇava Saṃskāras, and the Dharma of Surrender (within the Greatness of Vṛndāvana)

    Padma Purana 5.82 · 4 verses

  8. The Greatness of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata (Bhāgavata Māhātmya)

    Padma Purana 6.193 · 4 verses

  9. Putana’s Slaying, the Overturned Cart, Damodara, and the Migration to Vrindavana

    Brahma Purana 184 · 3 verses

  10. The Gopas’ Praise, the Rasa Night, and the Slaying of Ariṣṭa

    Brahma Purana 189 · 3 verses

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