Shloka 15
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
तस्यास्तज्जलमीक्ष्यैव स्नात्वा प्रीतो ऽभवन्नृपः समाजगाम च पुनः ब्रह्मणो वेदिमुत्तराम्
tasyāstajjalamīkṣyaiva snātvā prīto 'bhavannṛpaḥ samājagāma ca punaḥ brahmaṇo vedimuttarām
Schon beim Anblick ihres Wassers badete der König und wurde voller Freude; dann begab er sich erneut zur nördlichen Opferstätte Brahmās.
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FAQs
Purification is presented as beginning with darśana (reverent seeing) and culminating in disciplined action (snāna) and continued ritual duty (moving to Brahmā’s vedi). The ethical lesson is continuity: sacred experience should translate into ordered practice.
This functions as dharma/ācāra guidance within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative. It is not cosmogony or genealogy, but a prescriptive illustration of how merit is pursued through tīrtha visitation and ritual sequence.
The movement from river to Brahmā’s altar symbolizes the integration of purification (water) with creation/ritual order (Brahmā’s vedi). ‘Northern altar’ can also signal an auspicious directional sacrality, marking a specifically mapped pilgrimage circuit.