Vamana Purana — Kuru's Consecration, Shloka 14
Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
सुदर्शनस्य जननीं ह्वन्दं कृत्वा सुविस्तरम् स्थितां भगवतीं कूले तीर्थकोटिभिराप्लुताम्
sudarśanasya jananīṃ hvandaṃ kṛtvā suvistaram sthitāṃ bhagavatīṃ kūle tīrthakoṭibhirāplutām
Ele viu a Deusa Bem-aventurada, mãe de Sudarśana, que formara uma vasta extensão de águas, permanecendo na margem, como que repleta de crores de tīrthas.
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FAQs
The holiness of a tīrtha is portrayed as concentrated and communal—‘crores of tīrthas’ suggests layered sanctity accrued through long practice. Ethically, it encourages humility: one approaches a place shaped by countless prior acts of devotion.
This is tīrtha-māhātmya material serving dharma/ācāra instruction (how and where merit is gained). It sits outside the core five-lakṣaṇa themes but is a standard Purāṇic function: mapping sacred space to guide religious life.
Linking Sarasvatī to Sudarśana associates the river’s purifying flow with the chakra’s function: cutting ignorance and protecting dharma. The ‘broad expanse’ can also symbolize the wideness of sacred knowledge (vidyā) that Sarasvatī embodies.