पुरानी गोकुल

purani gokul braj ke dharmik sthaloan mean se ek hai. mahavan jo ki gokul se age 2 kilomitar door sthit hai, ise hi log purani gokul kahate haian. goparaj nand baba ke pita parjany gop pahale nandagaanv mean hi rahate the. vahian rahate samay unake upanand, abhinand, shrinand, sunand aur nandan- ye paanch putr tatha sananda aur nandini do kanyaean paida huee thian.

• parjany gop ne mahavan mean rahakar apane sabhi putr aur kanyaoan ka vivah kar diya. madhyam putr shrinand ko koee santan n hone se ve b de chintit hue. unhoanne apane putr nand ko santan ki prapti ke lie 'narayan' ki upasana ki aur unhean akashavani se yah jnat hua ki shrinand ko asuroan ka dalan karane vala mahaparakrami sarvagun sampann ek putr shighr hi paida hoga.
• kuchh hi dinoan bad keshi adi asuroan ka utpat arambh hone laga. parjany gop poore parivar aur sage sambandhiyoan ke sath is brihadvan mean upasthit hue. is brihadh ya mahavan mean nikat hi yamuna bahati hai. yah van nana prakar ke vrikshoan, lata-vallariyoan aur pushpoan se sushobhit hai, jahaan goooan ke charane ke lie hare-bhare charagah haian. aise ek sthan ko dekhakar sabhi gop brajavasi b de prasann hue tatha yahian par b de sukhapoorvak nivas karane lage.
• yahian par nandabhavan mean yashoda maiya ne krishn kanhaiya tatha yogamaya ko yamaj santan ke roop mean arddharatri ko prasav kiya. yahian yashoda ke sootikagar mean na dichchhedan adi jatakarm roop vaidik sanskar hue. yahian pootana, trinavart, shakatasur namak asuroan ka vadh kar krishn ne unaka uddhar kiya.
• pas hi nand ki goshala mean krishn aur baladev ka namakaran hua. yahian pas mean hi ghutanoan par ram-krishn chale, yahian par maiya yashoda ne chanchal bal krishn ko okhal se baandha, krishn ne yamalarjun ka uddhar kiya. yahian dhaee-tin varsh ki avastha tak ki krishn aur ram ki balakri daean hueean.
• vrihadvan ya mahavan gokul ki lilasthaliyoan ka brahmand puran mean bhi varnan kiya gaya hai.