Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
ततः कालेन संप्राप्य कुरुक्षेत्रं स पार्थिवः । यत्नेनान्वेषयामास विश्वामित्राश्रमं ततः
tataḥ kālena saṃprāpya kurukṣetraṃ sa pārthivaḥ | yatnenānveṣayāmāsa viśvāmitrāśramaṃ tataḥ
ក្រោយមកតាមកាលវេលា ព្រះមហាក្សត្រនោះបានទៅដល់ កុរុក្សេត្រ; បន្ទាប់មកដោយការខិតខំ ព្រះអង្គចាប់ផ្តើមស្វែងរក អាស្រាមរបស់ វិશ્વាមិត្រ។
Narrator (within Sūta's narration)
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (with Viśvāmitra-āśrama as a sanctified sub-site)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The king arrives at the sacred plain of Kurukṣetra and, with purposeful urgency, searches through forest groves and hermitage clusters for Viśvāmitra’s āśrama—smoke from yajña fires, deer, and ascetics visible.
FAQs
Sacred places are not only rivers and shrines; the āśrama of a realized sage is also a living tīrtha that grants guidance and uplift.
Kurukṣetra is named; additionally, Viśvāmitra’s āśrama is highlighted as the sought sacred locus.
None; the act described is seeking the sage’s hermitage.