The Purana Index v2.c7.s5.124

v2.c7.s5.124

*Balarāma*—a son of Vasudeva¹ and Rohiṇī and an *aṃśa* of Hari; (also Baladeva, Balabhadra, Sirāyudha); the Dhāma of Hari in the womb of Devakī transferred to that of Rohiṇī by Yogamāyā; on account of this he is Saṅkarṣaṇa; also Rāma on account of his pleasant personality and Bala on account of his strength; his *nāmakaraṇam*;¹ was bewildered at Baka seizing Kṛṣṇa; became glad at his escape; entered the palmyra grove, vanquished the Asura Dhenuka and his kin and gladdened the cow-herds; advised Nanda and others to keep cool when Kṛṣṇa was enclosed in the coils of the reptile, and stopped their getting into the pool of Kāliya; his joy at Kṛṣṇa’s escape from Kāliya; was carried by Pralamba on his back when he won in a certain game; but finding him to be an Asura in the guise of a gopa, he knocked his head with his fist and killed him for which the Devas praised him;² his surprise at Kṛṣṇa’s holding aloft the Govardhana; was in charge of the women rescued by Kṛṣṇa from Śaṅkhacūḍa and was presented with the Cūḍāmaṇi of Śaṅkhacūḍa.³