Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
योद्धुमागत्य संतस्थुः कुरुक्षेत्रं महारथाः । कौरवाश्चापि संतस्धुर्दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः
yoddhumāgatya saṃtasthuḥ kurukṣetraṃ mahārathāḥ | kauravāścāpi saṃtasdhurduryodhanapurogamāḥ
യുദ്ധത്തിനായി വന്ന മഹാരഥന്മാർ കുരുക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ എത്തി നിലയുറപ്പിച്ചു. ദുര്യോധനന്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ കൗരവരും തങ്ങളുടെ സ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ അണിനിരന്നു.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vast plain of Kurukṣetra at dawn; two armies in ordered vyūhas; banners, conches, chariots; Duryodhana at the Kaurava front; dust haze and anticipatory stillness before the first clash.
FAQs
When dharma is contested, the field of action becomes a proving-ground where intention and leadership shape destiny.
Kurukṣetra is referenced as the battlefield; this verse does not explicitly state tīrtha-phalāśruti.
None; it is a martial and situational description.