Shloka 3
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
ततश्चतुःपड्भिरपीह वर्षैः सर्वज्ञतामभ्यगमत ततो ऽसौ ख्यातः पृथिव्यां पुरुषोत्तमो ऽसौ नाम्ना कुरुः संवरणस्य पुत्रः
tataścatuḥpaḍbhirapīha varṣaiḥ sarvajñatāmabhyagamata tato 'sau khyātaḥ pṛthivyāṃ puruṣottamo 'sau nāmnā kuruḥ saṃvaraṇasya putraḥ
Then, even within four or five years here, he attained omniscience (comprehensive knowledge). Thereafter he became renowned on earth as an excellent man; by name he was Kuru, the son of Saṃvaraṇa.
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FAQs
The verse idealizes the ruler as learned and exemplary: fame is portrayed as the fruit of knowledge joined to right formation, not mere inheritance.
Vaṁśānucarita: it explicitly names Kuru and his father Saṃvaraṇa, anchoring the dynastic record that later frames the Kaurava–Pāṇḍava heritage.
‘Sarvajñatā’ functions as purāṇic hyperbole for rapid mastery of all royal and sacred sciences; it signals Kuru as an archetypal culture-hero whose name becomes a civilizational marker (Kuru-line/Kuru-kṣetra in wider tradition).