Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 8
कुरुक्षेत्रे महाक्षेत्रे सत्रे द्वादशवार्षिके । वर्तमाने च रामस्य क्षितीशस्य महात्मनः । समागताः समाहूताः सर्वे ते मुनयोऽमलाः
kurukṣetre mahākṣetre satre dvādaśavārṣike | vartamāne ca rāmasya kṣitīśasya mahātmanaḥ | samāgatāḥ samāhūtāḥ sarve te munayo'malāḥ
À Kurukṣetra, le grand et saint champ, durant une session sacrificielle de douze ans, et sous le règne de Rāma, le roi magnanime, seigneur de la terre—tous ces sages sans tache, dûment conviés, s’y assemblèrent.
Sūta (narrating the setting of the discourse)
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (Mahākṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A vast sacrificial enclosure at Kurukṣetra: altars, sacred fires, rows of sages, and banners; the era is marked by King Rāma’s righteous reign, giving the scene a golden-age orderliness.
FAQs
Dharma flourishes when sacred place (Kurukṣetra), sacred time (a long satra), and righteous kingship align to support holy assembly and teaching.
Kurukṣetra is explicitly praised as the Mahākṣetra, the preeminent sacred field for ritual and purification.
A dvādaśavārṣika satra (twelve-year sacrificial session) is mentioned as the ongoing ritual context.