Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 15, Text 21

SB 10.15.21

rama rama maha-baho
 krsna dusta-nibarhana
ito ’vidure su-mahad
 vanam talali-sankulam
 
Translation: 
 
[The cowherd boys said:] O Rama, Rama, mighty-armed one! O Krsna, destroyer of the miscreants! Not far from here is a very great forest filled with rows of palm trees.
 
Purport: 
 
As stated in the Sri Varaha Purana:
 
asti govardhanam nama
 ksetram parama-durlabham
mathura-pascime bhage
 adurad yojana-dvayam
 
“Not far from the western side of Mathura, at a distance of two yojanas [sixteen miles], is the holy place named Govardhana, which is most difficult to attain.” It is also stated in the Varaha Purana:
 
asti tala-vanam nama
 dhenakasura-raksitam
mathura-pascime bhage
 adurad eka-yojanam
 
“Not far from the western side of Mathura, one yojana away [eight miles], is the forest known as Talavana, which was guarded by Dhenukasura.” Thus it appears that the Talavana forest is located midway between Mathura and Govardhana Hill. The forest of Talavana is described in the Sri Hari-vamsa as follows:
 
sa tu desah samah snigdhah
 su-mahan krsna-mrttikah
darbha-prayah sthuli-bhuto
 lostra-pasana-varjitah
 
“The land there is even, smooth and very expansive. The earth is black, densely covered with darbha grass and devoid of stones and pebbles.”
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