Shloka 42
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
अष्टौ सहस्राणि धरनुर्धराणां ये वारयन्तीह सुदुष्कृतान् वै स्नातुं न यच्छन्ति महोग्ररूपास्तवन्यस्य भूताः सचराचराणाम्
aṣṭau sahasrāṇi dharanurdharāṇāṃ ye vārayantīha suduṣkṛtān vai snātuṃ na yacchanti mahograrūpāstavanyasya bhūtāḥ sacarācarāṇām
अत्राष्टौ सहस्राणि धरनुर्धराणां महाबलानां भूतानां सन्ति ये सुदुष्कृतान् निवारयन्ति। ते महोग्ररूपाः स्नानं न यच्छन्ति; तवन्यस्य प्रभोर्भूताः सचराचराणां सर्वभूतानां रक्षकाः।
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FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna is not treated as a mechanical purifier for deliberate wrongdoing; the text emphasizes moral fitness. The 'fierce guardians' symbolize that sacred merit (puṇya) is approached through restraint, repentance, and right conduct—not by exploiting ritual as a loophole.
This belongs chiefly to Vamśānucarita/Ākhyāna-adjacent material in Purāṇas (narrative discourse) but functionally it is a Māhātmya (glorification of a sacred place). It is not sarga/pratisarga; it is a tīrtha-vidhi and tīrtha-stuti segment embedded in the larger Purāṇic narration.
The 'earth-bearers' and 'terrible-formed beings' function as dharma-bound gatekeepers: sacred geography is portrayed as alive, guarded, and ethically responsive. The moving/immoving totality (sacarācara) underscores cosmic order—tīrtha is a microcosm of ṛta/dharma.