Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.385

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4) Other Purāṇic details regarding Gokarṇa. (i) Bhagiratha did penance to bring Gaṅgādevī to Earth at Gokarṇa. (Sarga 12, Chapter 42, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).
ii) The serpent named Śeṣa spent much time living here. (Chapter 36, Śloka 3, Ādi Parva).
iii) Arjuna visited Gokarṇa while he was on his pilgrimage. (Śloka 34, Chapter 26, Ādi Parva).
iv) Gokarṇa was one of the abodes of Śiva. Brahmā, Maharṣis, Bhūtas and Yakṣas used to stay at Gokarṇa to worship Śiva. (Śloka 24, Chapter 85, Vana Parva).
v) The holy place of Gokarṇa is renowned in all the three worlds (Śloka 15, Chapter 88, Vana Parva).
vi) Gokarṇa is a tapovana also. (Śloka 51, Chapter 6, Bhīṣma Parva).
vii) Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna and Pradyumna together killed Nikumbha, who had kidnapped Bhānumatī, at Gokarṇa. (Chapter 90, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).