Skandapurana 16.118.17

16.118.17

atha tābhiḥ kṛtāñjñātvā prāsādānyādavaiḥ pṛthak ..
tato gopyo'pi tāḥ sarvāḥ sahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa ..
kṛṣṇamājñāpya bhāvena sthāpayāṃcakrire ravim .. 17 ..

Then, learning that separate temples had been built by the Yādavas, / all those gopīs too, sixteen thousand [in number], / having obtained Kṛṣṇa's permission, established the Sun with devotion. // 17