Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Ratna-siṁhāsana lies one mile south of Kusuma-sarovara on the Govardhana parikramā path coming from Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa. The following pastime took place here. One full moon day after Śiva-caturdaśī (Śiva-rātri), Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Balarāma and the gopīs were playing Holī, squirting each other with bright dye from long water syringes. The sweet music of drums, cymbals, vīṇās and other instruments filled the air with melodious rāgas, like the springtime rāga. Nearby, Śrīmatī Rādhikā sat upon a jewelled throne (ratna-siṁhāsana). At that time, a follower of Kuvera named Śaṅkhacuḍa, who considered Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa to be an ordinary human being, tried to abduct these beautiful gopīs. With voices full of distress, the gopīs cried, “Rāma, Kṛṣṇa!” Kṛṣṇa ran to their call and killed Śaṅkhacuḍa. He took the jewel from the demon’s forehead and gave it to Śrī Balarāma, who sent it to Śrīmatī Rādhikā through Dhaniṣṭhā. This is the place where Rādhikā sat on the jewelled throne.
