Place · Vaishnava · North India

Hastinapura

Capital of the Kurus on the Ganga, which Balarama drags toward the river with his plough; the Puranas say it still bears the marks.

Sources: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.68 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, vedabase); Vishnu Purana 5.35, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived); Vishnu Purana 4.21, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived) · see Hastinapura's web

Relations 1

Hastinapura features

Balarama (Avatar) Vaishnava · The city on the end of the plough
Drags the city toward the Ganga with his plough.

Stories 2

The city on the end of the plough
Legend · 2 tellings
The strip of cloth (Draupadi binds Krishna's finger)
Folk tale · 2 tellings

Cited

Srimad Bhagavatam 10.68 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, vedabase) Primary text (translation)
Vishnu Purana 5.35, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived) Primary text (translation)
Vishnu Purana 4.21, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived) Primary text (translation)