Shloka 15
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
तस्यास्तज्जलमीक्ष्यैव स्नात्वा प्रीतो ऽभवन्नृपः समाजगाम च पुनः ब्रह्मणो वेदिमुत्तराम्
tasyāstajjalamīkṣyaiva snātvā prīto 'bhavannṛpaḥ samājagāma ca punaḥ brahmaṇo vedimuttarām
اس کے پانی کو محض دیکھتے ہی بادشاہ نے غسل کیا اور خوش ہوا؛ پھر وہ دوبارہ برہما کی شمالی ویدی کی طرف گیا۔
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FAQs
Purification is presented as beginning with darśana (reverent seeing) and culminating in disciplined action (snāna) and continued ritual duty (moving to Brahmā’s vedi). The ethical lesson is continuity: sacred experience should translate into ordered practice.
This functions as dharma/ācāra guidance within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative. It is not cosmogony or genealogy, but a prescriptive illustration of how merit is pursued through tīrtha visitation and ritual sequence.
The movement from river to Brahmā’s altar symbolizes the integration of purification (water) with creation/ritual order (Brahmā’s vedi). ‘Northern altar’ can also signal an auspicious directional sacrality, marking a specifically mapped pilgrimage circuit.