विश्वामित्रोऽपि तद्दृष्ट्वा तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । कुरुक्षेत्रं परित्यज्य तत्र वासमथाकरोत्
viśvāmitro'pi taddṛṣṭvā tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam | kurukṣetraṃ parityajya tatra vāsamathākarot
แม้พระวิศวามิตร ครั้นได้เห็นมหิมาอันยอดยิ่งของตถาคตทีรถะนั้น ก็ละกุรุเกษตร แล้วไปตั้งถิ่นพำนัก ณ ที่นั้น
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Viśvāmitra, staff and matted locks, turns away from the famed Kurukṣetra landscape and walks toward a radiant Śaiva tīrtha; he establishes a simple āśrama under trees near the water.
True discernment recognizes supreme sanctity; even famed pilgrimage centers may be surpassed by a divinely empowered tīrtha.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of this chapter—praised as so great that Viśvāmitra relocates there from Kurukṣetra.
No explicit rite; it recommends residence/association with the tīrtha through the exemplar of Viśvāmitra.