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
在那圣域的正中央，名为“普利图达迦”(Pṛthūdaka)的圣地被宣说具大功德，能灭罪而吉祥。其处有一条圣河面向东方流淌；水流瑞善，并与“结发之髻”(jata，苦行与湿婆系圣洁之象征)相应而丰盛。
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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.