The Purana Index v2.c7.s2.1178

v2.c7.s2.1178

Dvārakā—(also Dvārāvatī and Kuśasthalī), Capital of Kṛṣṇa, built for him by Revata in the midst of sea 1½ miles in circumference according to Vāstu rules and well furnished, for fear from Kālayavana,¹ sacred to Hari; Kṛṣṇa released Nṛga in;³ Kṛṣṇa carried the spoils of war with the Yavanas to that place,⁴ return of Kṛṣṇa and Rāma to, after being besieged by Jarāsandha at Gomanta.⁵ Left by Akrūra, when the city had no rains; hence Kṛṣṇa sent for him;⁶ Kṛṣṇa and Sātyaki returned from Hastināpura to;7 here were sent 16000 maidens of Narakas harem and 64 elephants of the Airāvata line;8 reached by Kṛṣṇa and Satyabhāmā after the fight for the pārijāta;9 arrival of Aniruddha’s marriage party from Bhojakaṭa;¹⁰ visited by Citralekhā;¹¹ besieged by Pauṇḍraka;¹² described when visited by Nārada, as containing 900,000 houses;¹³ Samba and others reached Dvārakā after Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya.¹⁴ Blockaded by Śālva, and defended by Pradyumna and others,¹⁵ reached by Kṛṣṇa after the Kurukṣetra war; city described:¹⁶ reached by Kṛṣṇa and his party after a long stay at Syamantapañcaka;¹⁷ Kṛṣṇa performed the aśvamedha here;¹⁸ visited by sages from Piṇḍāraka, Kurukṣetra and other places and filled with Brahmaghosa;¹⁹ Nārada lived there for a time to worship Kṛṣṇa;²⁰ visited by Brahmā and other gods to invite Kṛṣṇa to go back to Vaikuṇṭha;²¹ evil omens in the city; people, advised by Kṛṣṇa, left for Prabhāsa.²² Dāruka informs Vasudeva and others of Kṛṣṇa’s condition and Rāma’s entry to his Dhāma;²³ swallowed up by the sea excepting Kṛṣṇa’s mansion;²⁴ a Pitr Tīrtham;²⁵ represents the neck of the Vedas.²⁶ Pārijāta of heaven taken to.²⁷