Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Cakra-tīrtha is on Mānasī-gaṅgā ’s north side. Cakreśvara Mahādeva, currently known as Cakaleśvara, resides here. When Indra inundated Vraja with torrential rains, Mahādeva (who is Sadaśiva, and therefore viṣṇu-tattva) served Girirāja and the Vrajavāsīs by raising his trident like a cakra and protecting them. (Some devotees declare that it was on Mahādeva’s request that the Sudarśana cakra protected Girirāja-Govardhana and Vraja, and for this reason, Mahādeva became known as Cakreśvara Mahādeva.)
Cakreśvara presides on Pāraṅga-ghāṭa, and it is from here that the gopīs used to cross Mānasī-gaṅgā. Śrī Kṛṣṇa would act as a boatman and, while ferrying the gopīs across Bhagavatī Mānasī- gaṅgā, He would enjoy boating pastimes (nauka-vilāsa) and other pastimes with them. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has given a touching description of this boat-pastime in his prayer Śrī Govardhana-aṣṭakam (text 7):
ārohya madhye tu nimagna-naukaḥ
kṛṣṇo hi rādhānugalo babhau sa
govardhano me diṣatām abhīṣṭam
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This is the place where Lord Vishnu’s personal weapon, the sudarshana-chakra came to rest on the bank of Manasi-ganga. It is said that as long as Krishna held aloft Govardhana Hill, the fiery sudarshana-chakra was situated in the sky helping to dissipate the deluge of rainwater with its intense heat. Once the rain had stopped, the heat from the sudarshana-chakra helped in evaporating all the floodwater. After the water had gone, the personified sudarshana-chakra did not want to leave Vraja and humbly requested Krishna to let him stay near Manasi-ganga, Krishna agreed to his request and he came to reside at this place which then became known as Chakra-tirtha, the resting place of the sudarshana-chakra.
Also located at Chakra-tirtha is the landing place known as Paranga Ghata, where Krishna’s boat used to be moored. From this place, Radharani and the gopis used to go for boatrides with Krishna during the many ecstatic nauka-vihara pastimes on the transcendental lake known as Manasi-ganga.
