sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; narakam -- the demon Naraka; nihatam -- killed; srutva -- hearing; tatha -- also; udvaham -- the marriage; ca -- and; yoshitam -- with women; krishnena -- by Lord Krishna; ekena -- one; bahvinam -- with many; tat -- that; didrikshuh -- wanting to see; sma -- indeed; naradah -- Narada; citram -- wonderful; bata -- ah; etat -- this; ekena -- with a single; vapusha -- body; yugapat -- simultaneously; prithak -- separate; griheshu -- in residences; dvi -- two times; ashta -- eight; sahasram -- thousand; striyah -- women; ekah -- alone; udavahat -- He married; iti -- thus; utsukah -- eager; dvaravatim -- to Dvaraka; deva -- of the demigods; rishih -- the sage, Narada; drashtum -- to see; agamat -- came; pushpita -- flowery; upavana -- in parks; arama -- and pleasure gardens; dvija -- of birds; ali -- and bees; kula -- with flocks and swarms; naditam -- resounding; utphulla -- blooming; indivara -- with blue lotuses; ambhoja -- day-blooming lotuses; kahlara -- white esculent lotuses; kumuda -- moonlight-blooming lotuses; utpalaih -- and water lilies; churiteshu -- filled; sarahsu -- within lakes; uccaih -- loudly; kujitam -- filled with the calling; hamsa -- by swans; sarasaih -- and cranes; prasada -- with palaces; lakshaih -- hundreds of thousands; navabhih -- nine; jushtam -- adorned; sphatika -- made of crystal glass; rajataih -- and silver; maha-marakata -- with great emeralds; prakhyaih -- splendorous; svarna -- of gold; ratna -- and jewels; paricchadaih -- whose furnishings; vibhakta -- systematically divided; rathya -- with main avenues; patha -- roads; catvara -- intersections; apanaih -- and marketplaces; sala-sabhabhih -- with assembly houses; ruciram -- charming; sura -- of the demigods; alayaih -- with temples; samsikta -- sprinkled with water; marga -- whose roads; angana -- courtyards; vithi -- commercial streets; dehalim -- and patios; patat -- flying; pataka -- with banners; dhvaja -- by the flagpoles; varita -- warded off; atapam -- the heat of the sun.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Hearing that Lord Krishna had killed Narakasura and had alone married many brides, Narada Muni desired to see the Lord in this situation. He thought, "It is quite amazing that in a single body Lord Krishna simultaneously married sixteen thousand women, each in a separate palace." Thus the sage of the demigods eagerly went to Dvaraka.The city was filled with the sounds of birds and bees flying about the parks and pleasure gardens, while its lakes, crowded with blooming indivara, ambhoja, kahlara, kumuda and utpala lotuses, resounded with the calls of swans and cranes. Dvaraka boasted nine hundred thousand royal palaces, all constructed with crystal and silver and splendorously decorated with huge emeralds. Inside these palaces, the furnishings were bedecked with gold and jewels. Traffic moved along a well laid-out system of boulevards, roads, intersections and marketplaces, and many assembly houses and temples of demigods graced the charming city. The roads, courtyards, commercial streets and residential patios were all sprinkled with water and shaded from the sun's heat by banners waving from flagpoles.