Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
When coming to the village of Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa from Uddhava- kuṇḍa, Śivakhora is situated on the right-hand side of the parikramā path at the entrance to the village. It is said that in ancient times a lost she-jackal wandered to this place during the day, but the dogs here killed her. Seeing this, the villagers performed her last rites at this place and were struck with wonder when a youthful gopī manifested from the she-jackal’s body and ascended into the sky. It is said that a living entity who dies at Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa attains Goloka-Vṛndāvana.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
The word ‘khora’ means a holy place and ‘pushkarini’ means a lake. The word ‘shiva’, besides being the name of Lord Mahadeva, also means a ‘jackal’. The word shiva, in this instance, is a corruption of the word shivar or siyar, which means a jackal, a medium-sized omnivorous mammal of the genus Canis, which also includes wolves, foxes and domesticated dogs. According to the Padma Purana, some local children had trapped a female jackal in a hole near this kunda and out of fear the jackal started to wail piteously. Hearing the crying of the jackal, Radharani sent Her girlfriends to save the jackal saying that at Radha-kunda, no creature should suffer in any way. The sakhis returned with the frightened female jackal and Radharani gave blessings to the jackal that she would become one of Radha’s maidservants in her future life. On the banks of Shiva Khora there is a shrine of Rameshwara Mahadeva which is dedicated to Lord Shiva who is the protector, or kshetra-pala of the northern part of Radha-kunda.
