PURPORT

Gokarna is situated in North Kanada in the Maharastra province. It is about twenty miles southeast of Karaoyara. This place is very famous for the temple of Lord Siva known as Maha-balesvara. Hundreds and thousands of pilgrims come to see this temple. Surparaka is about twenty-six miles north of Bombay. In the Maharastra province near Bombay is a district known as Thana and a place known as Sopara. Surparaka is mentioned in the Mahabharata (Santi-parva, Chapter 41, verses 66-67).