Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 25
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
ततः सुराणां वचनान्मुरारिः कैटभार्दनः कुरुक्षेत्रोद्भवं पुण्यं प्रोक्तवांस्तां तिथीमपि
tataḥ surāṇāṃ vacanānmurāriḥ kaiṭabhārdanaḥ kurukṣetrodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ proktavāṃstāṃ tithīmapi
ત્યારે દેવોના વચનોના પ્રતિઉત્તરમાં મુરારી, કૈટભ-વધક, એ કુરુક્ષેત્રનો પુણ્ય ઉદ્ભવ અને તે તિથિ પણ વર્ણવી।
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FAQs
Legitimate practice is anchored in right knowledge: the Devas’ questions are met with a didactic response from Bhagavān, indicating that pilgrimage and ritual timing should be understood as dharma taught by competent authority, not merely inherited habit.
This is a narrative hinge that introduces an etiology (udbhava) of a sacred region—often tied to Vamśa/Manvantara storytelling. Such etiologies support Purāṇic aims by mapping cosmic history onto terrestrial geography.
The epithets Murāri and Kaiṭabhārdana frame the teacher as the remover of obstacles and chaos; the ‘origin’ of Kurukṣetra and the ‘best tithi’ become extensions of cosmic order (ṛta) expressed through place (deśa) and time (kāla).