Shloka 43
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
तस्यैव मध्ये बहुपुण्य उक्तः पृथूदकः पापहरः शिवश्च पुण्या नदी प्राङ्मुखतां प्रयाता यत्रौघयुक्तस्य शुभा जताढ्या
tasyaiva madhye bahupuṇya uktaḥ pṛthūdakaḥ pāpaharaḥ śivaśca puṇyā nadī prāṅmukhatāṃ prayātā yatraughayuktasya śubhā jatāḍhyā
Sa pinakagitna ng banal na pook na iyon, ipinahayag ang Pṛthūdaka na may dakilang kabutihan—sumisira sa kasalanan at mapalad. Naroon ang isang banal na ilog na dumadaloy na nakaharap sa silangan; ang agos nito ay mapagpala at sagana sa jata, ang nakabuhol na buhok (tanda ng ascetiko at kabanalan ni Śiva).
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FAQs
The verse frames sacred waters as instruments of inner and outer purification, but also as carriers of 'śiva'—auspiciousness—implying that purity is not merely absence of sin but the cultivation of благоприятность/auspicious disposition aligned with dharma.
As with many Purāṇic māhātmyas, it sits outside the strict five topics (sarga etc.) and functions as a dharma-oriented appendix within narrative tradition—preserving pilgrimage geography and its salvific theology.
The eastward orientation (prāṅmukhatā) is a ritual-theological marker (east = illumination, beginnings, sāttvika direction). 'Jaṭāḍhyā' evokes Śiva’s ascetic power, suggesting that the river embodies tapas and restraint, not just physical water.