In the Vedic scripture Hari-vaṁśa (Viṣṇu-parva, Chapter Nineteen), there is the following description of Goloka Vṛndāvana:
- manuṣya-lokād ūrdhvaṁ tu khagānāṁ gatir ucyate
- ākāśasyopari ravir dvāraṁ svargasya bhānumān
- svargād ūrdhvaṁ brahma-loko brahmarṣi-gaṇa-sevitaḥ
- tatra soma-gatiś caiva jyotiṣāṁ ca mahātmanām
- tasyopari gavāṁ lokaḥ sādhyās taṁ pālayanti hi
- sa hi sarva-gataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ mahā-kāśa-gato mahān
- upary upari tatrāpi gatis tava tapo-mayī
- yāṁ na vidmo vayaṁ sarve pṛcchanto ‘pi pitām aham
- gatiḥ śama-damāṭyānāṁ svargaḥ su-kṛta-karmaṇām
- brāhmye tapasi yuktānāṁ brahma-lokaḥ parā gatiḥ
- gavām eva tu goloko durārohā hi sā gatiḥ
- sa tu lokas tvayā kṛṣṇa sīdamānaḥ kṛtātmanā
- dhṛto dhṛtimatā vīra nighnatopadravān gavām
When the King of heaven, Indra, surrendered to Kṛṣṇa after Kṛṣṇa had raised Govardhana Hill, Lord Indra stated that above the planetary systems wherein human beings reside is the sky, where birds fly. Above the sky is the sun and its orbit. This is the entrance to the heavenly planets. Above the heavenly planets are other planets, up to Brahmaloka, where those advancing in spiritual knowledge reside. The planets up to Brahmaloka are part of the material world (Devī-dhāma). Because the material world is under the control of Devī, Durgā, it is called Devī-dhāma. Above Devī-dhāma is a place where Lord Śiva and his wife Umā reside. Those brightened by spiritual knowledge and liberated from material contamination reside in that Śivaloka. Beyond that planetary system is the spiritual world, where there are planets called Vaikuṇṭhalokas. Goloka Vṛndāvana is situated above all the Vaikuṇṭhalokas. Goloka Vṛndāvana is the kingdom of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the parents of Kṛṣṇa, Mahārāja Nanda and mother Yaśodā. In this way there are various planetary systems, and they are all creations of the Supreme Lord.