Pulastya said: O king of kings, one should then go to Kurukshetra, adored by all and at the sight of which sins of all creatures are destroyed.

He who always says, “I shall go to Kurukshetra, I shall live in Kurukshetra" is cleansed off all his sins.

The very dust of Kurukshetra carried by the wind leads even the man of sinful deeds to the highest state.

He who lives in Kurukshetra which is situated south of the Sarasvati and the north of the Drishadvati (really) lives in heaven.

O hero ever stcady in battle and should live there for a month where flows the Sarasvati. Brahma and other celestials, the Rishis, the Siddhas, the Charans.

The Gandharvas, the Apsaras the Yakshas, the Nagas, O ruler of earth, O descendant of Bharata, all often go to that greatly sacred Brahmakshetra.

O hero steady in battle, even the sins of him who only mentally desires to go to Kurukshetra are all destroyed; and he goes to the region of Brahma.

O perpetuator of the Kuru race, he who goes to Kurukshetra with due respect, obtains the fruits of Rajasuya and Ashvamedha sacrifices,

Then saluting the greatly powerful gatekeeper, the Yaksha, Mankanaka, one obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

O virtuous man, O king of kings, one should then go to the excellent region of Vishnu, called Satata, where Hari is always present.

Bathing there and bowing to Hari, the creator of the three worlds, one obtains the fruits of Ashvamedha sacrifice and goes to the region of Vishnu. Then one should go to the Tirtha named Pariplava, celebrated all over the three worlds. O descendant of Bharata, he obtains greater fruits than those of the Agnishtoma and Atiratha (sacrifices).

Then going to the Tirtha, called Prithivi one obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine. O ruler of men, going to the Salukini, the pilgrim, bathing there in the Dasashvamedha obtains the fruits of ten Ashvamedha sacrifice. Then going to the excellent Tirtha of the Nagas, called Sarpadevi. One obtains fruits of the Agnishtoma (sacrifice) and goes to the region of the Nagas. O virtuous man, one should then go to the gate-keeper, Tarantuka. Living there for only one night, one obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine. Then going to the five rivers with regulated diet and subdued soul and bathing in the Koti Tirtha, one obtains the fruits of Ashvamedha sacrifice. Going to the Tirtha called Ashvins one acquires personal beauty.

O virtuous man, one should then go to the excellent Tirtha, called Varaha, where Vishnu formerly in his boar form lived. O foremost of men, bathing there one obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma.

O king of kings, one should then go to the Soma Tirtha, situated in Jayanti, Bathing in it a man obtains the fruits of the Rajasuya sacrifice.

Bathing in Ekahansa a man obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine. O ruler of men, going to Kritashocha, the pilgrim obtains the lotus-eyed deity (Vishnu) and becomes pure in soul.

Then going to the region of the illustrious Sihanu (Shiva, called Manjabata and living there for one night, one acquires the state of Ganapathya.

O great king, there is the celebrated Tirtha called Yakshini; O king of kings, going and bathing in that Tirtha one's all desires are fulfilled.

O best of the Bharata race, it is known as the gate of Kurukshetra. The pilgrim with subdued soul should walk round it. It was created by the illustrious son of Jamadagni, Rama. It is equal to the Pushkara. O king, bathing in it and worshipping the Pitris and the celestials, he becomes successful in everything and obtains the fruits of Ashvamedha sacrifice. Then the pilgrim should go with subdued soul to Ramahrada.

O king of kings, the greatly effulgent and heroic Rama, exterminating the Kastrayas dug five lakes.

foremost of men, we have heard that he filled them with their blood. He offered that (blood) as oblations to all his sires and grandsires.

O ruler of men, thereupon the Pitris, being passed with him, thus spoke to Rama.

The Pitris said: O greatly exalted Rama, O Rama, O descendant of Bhrigu, we are pleased. O lord, with your filial piety and with your great prowess. O greatly effulgent one, be blessed. Ask the boon you desire to get.

Pulastya said : O king, having been thus addressed, that foremost of smiters, Rama, thus spoke with joined hands to the Pitris who were in the sky. If you are pleased with me and if I have deserved your favour, I desire to get this favour from the Pitris that I may again derive pleasure in asceticism.

With your power let the sin I have incurred by exterminating the Kashtriyas from wrath be all destroyed. Let also my these lakes becomes Tirthas, celebrated all over the earth.

Having heard these blessed words of Rama, the Pitris. Becoming highly pleased and filled with joy, thus replied to Rama, “Let your asceticism increase for your great filial piety.

You have exterminated the Kashtriyas from wrath, but you are already freed from that sin, for they have fallen for their own (mis) deeds.

Without the least doubt your these lakes w. be Tirthas, he who will bathe in these lakes and offer oblations to the Pitris. Will make his Pitris pleased with him. They will grant him the desired objects so difficult to be obtained in this world and lead him to the celestials region."

O king, having granted this boon, the Pitris saluted Rama, the descendant of Bhrigu and disappeared then and there.

It was thus the lakes of the illustrious descendant of Bhrigu became sacred. Leading the life of a Brahmachari and observing sacred vows, if one bathes in these lakes of Rama and worships Rama, O king of kings, he obtains the fruits of giving away much wealth. O perpetuator of the Kuru race, going to Vanshamulaka, the pilgrim.

Saves his own race by bathing in Vanshamulaka. O best of the Bharata race, going to Kayashodhana and bathing in that Tirtha one purifies his body without the least doubt. Acquiring a purified body, one goes to the excellent regions of bliss.

O virtuous man, one should then go to that Tirtha, called Lokodvara which is celebrated all over the three worlds and where greatly effulgent Vishnu had formerly created the world. O king, going to the Lokodvara Tirtha, celebrated over the three worlds and bathing in that foremost of Tirthas one acquires many worlds for himself.

Going with subdued mind to the Tirtha called Sri and bathing in it and worshipping the Pitris and the celestials there, one obtains great affluence.

Leading the life of a Brahmachari and having one's soul subdued, he who goes to the Tirtha, called Kapila and bathes in it and worships the Pitris and the celestials, that man, obtains the fruit of giving away one thousand Kapila kine.

Going with subdued soul to the Tirtha, called Surya and bathing in it. And worshipping the Pitris and the celestials with fasting, one obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma and goes to he region of Surya.

Going in due order to the Gobhavana and bathing in it, the pilgrim obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

O perpetuator of the Kuru race, going to Tirth called Shankhini and bathing in the Divitirtha man acquires great prowess.

O king of kings, one should then go to the gatc-keeper, Arantuka, which is in the Sarasvati and which belongs to the illustrious chief of the Yakshas (Kubera). O king, bathing one in it, a man obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma (sacrifice).

O virtuous king, one should then go to Brahmavarta. Bathing in the Brahmavarta a man, obtains the regions of Brahma.

O king of kings, one should then go to the excellent Tirthas called Su. There the Pitris are always present with the celestials. Bathing there and worshipping the Pitris and the celestials, obtains thc fruits of Ashvamedha (sacrifice) and goes to the region of Brahma.

O virtuous man, it is therefore that Sutirtha situated in Ambumati is so very excellent.

O best of the Bharata race, bathing in the Tirtha of Kashishvara, one is freed from all diseases; and he is adored in the region of Brahma.

O descendant of Bharata, O king, there is also Matri Tirtha, bathing in which one obtains large progeny and great prosperity.

O great king, one should then go with regulated diet and subdued soul to Sitavana. There is one thing there which is not to be seen anywhere else.

O ruler of men, man obtains virtue by only going there. O descendant of Bharata, shaving there one's hair, a man becomes sanctified.

O great king, in that spot there is a Tirtha called Shvaillomapaha. O foremost of men, learned Brahmanas who always visit Tirthas. Get great pleasure by bathing in it. O best of the Bharata race, shaving their heads at the Shvaillomapaha Tirtha, the excellent Brahmanas acquire holiness by Pranayama; and becoming pure-souled they obtain the highest state.

O ruler of earth, O foremost of men, there is in that spot another Tirtha called Dashashvamedha. Bathing in it, one obtains the highest state.

O king of kings, one should then go to Manusha, celebrated all over the world, O king, where some black deer, pierced by the arrows of a hunter. Jumped into its water and were transformed into human beings. Bathing in that Tirtha with leading the life of a Brahmachari and having one's soul subdued.

One is freed from all sins; and becoming pure souled he is adored in the region of Brahma. O ruler of men, in the east of Manusha, only a kosa from it. There is a celebrated river named Apaga which is ever frequented by the Siddhas. The man who offers there Shyamaka food. To the celestials and the Pitris secures great virtuous merit. One Brahmana svd there is equal to million of Brahmanas fed.

Bathing in it and worshipping the Pitris and the celestials and living there only for a night, one obtains the fruit of Agnishtoma (sacrifice).

O king of kings, O descendant of Bharata, one should then go to that excellent region of Brahma which is celebrated on earth by the name of Brahmodumbara.

O foremost of men, bathing in the lakes of the seven Rishis and also in the Kedara of the high-souled Kapila. With pure mind and subdued soul and going to Brahma, one's all sins are destroyed; and his soul being made pure, he goes to the region of Brahma. Going the inaccessible (Tirtha) Kedara of Kapisthala and having his sins all burnt by asceticism, obtains the power of disappearance at will.

O king of kings, one should then go to Saraka, celebrated over the three worlds. Seeing there Vrishadhvaja (Mahadeva) on the fourteenth day of the black fortnight. One obtains all that he desires and goes to the celestials region. to one

O descendant of Kuru, thirty millions of Tirthas are in Saraka.

And in Rudrakoti and also in the wells and lakes that are there. O ruler of earth, O best of the Bharata race, there is also the Tirtha called Ilaspada. Bathing in it and worshipping there the Pitris and the celestials, one does not meet with any calamity. He obtains the fruits of Vajapeya (sacrifice).

O ruler of earth, O descendant of Bharata, bathing in Kindana and Kinjapya, one obtains the fruits of measureless gifts and of infinite recitation of prayers.

Bathing in Kalasa with devotion and with one's passions subdued, a man obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma sacrifice.

O best of the Kurus, in the east of Saraka is the sacred Tirtha of the illustrious Narada, known by the name of Ambajanma.

O descendant of Bharata, a man, bathing in that Tirtha, obtains excellent regions (after death) at the command of Narada.

O king, one should go on the tenth of the white fortnight to Pundarika. Bathing there, a man obtains the fruits of Pundarika sacrifice.

One should then go to Trivistapa, celebrated all over the three worlds. There flows the sacred and the sin-destroying Vaitarani river.

Bathing in it and worshipping there the wielder of trident, Vrishadhvaja (Shiva), one obtains the highest state, all his sins being destroyed and his soul being purified.

O king of kings, one should then go to the excellent Tirtha of Falaki. O king, there the celestials are always present in Falakivana. And they undergo there great asceticism for many years together. Bathing then in the Drishadvati and worshipping the celestials, a man obtains fruits superior to those of both the Agnishtoma and Atiratha (sacrifices). O descendant of Bharata, bathing in the Tirtha called Sarvadeva a man obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine. O king of kings, Bathing in the Panikhata and worshipping there the celestials, a mano descendant of Bharata, obtains fruits superior to those of Agnishtoma and Atiratha. He also obtains the fruits of Rajasuya and goes to the region of the Rishis.

virtuous man, one should then go to the excellent Tirtha, called Mishraka. O king of kings, in that Tirtha of the illustrious Mishrita. It has been heard by us that the Vyasa for the sake of the Brahmans mixed up all the Tirthas. The man who bathes in Mishraka bathes in all the Tirthas.

One should then go with regulated diet and subdued soul to Vyasavana. Bathing there in the Mancjava one obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

Going to the Devi Tirtha in Madhuvati, the man who bathes with purity and worships the Pitris and the celestials. Obtains at the command of the celestials the fruit of giving away one thousand kine.

O descendant of Bharata, he who at the confluence of the Kaushiki and the Drishadvati bathes with regulated diet is freed from all sins.

One should then go to the Tirtha named Vyasasthali where the wise Vyasa. Afflicted as he was with the grief for the death of his son, determined to give up his being and where, O king of kings, he was cheered up by the celestials. Going to (Vyasa) sthali one obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

Going to the well, called Kindatta, he who throws into it one Prastha of sesamum, O perpetuator of the Kuru race, obtains the highest success and he is freed from all his debts. Bathing in the Vedi Tirtha,, one obtains the fruit of giving away one thousand kine.

There are two celebrated Tirthas called Ahan and Sudina. O foremost of men, bathing there one goes to the regions of Surya.

One should then go to Mrigadhuma, celebrated all over the there worlds. O best of kings, one should bathe there in the Ganges.

Worshipping there Mahadeva, one obtains the fruits of Ashvamedha. Bathing in the Devi Tirtha, a man obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

One should then go to Vamanaka, celebrated over the three worlds. Bathing there in the Vishnupada and worshipping Vamana. One, being free from all his sins and his soul being purified goes to the region of Vishnu. Bathing in the Kulampuna one purifies his own race.

Going to the lake of Pavana, which is a excellent Tirtha called Maruta and bathing there, O foremost of men, one is adored in the regions of Vayu.

Bathing in the lake of the immortals and worshipping the lord of the immortals, one is adored in the celestials region through the prowess of the immortals.

Bathing according to the ordinance in the Shalisurya of Shalihotra, O king of kings, one obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

O best of the Bharata race, bathing in the Tirtha called Srikunja in the Sarasvati, one obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma sacrifice.

O perpetuator of the Kuru race, then going to the Naimishakunja, the ascetic Rishis had in the days of yore left Naimisha. And going to a visit of Tirthas, they went to Kurukshetra. O best of the Bharata race, there on the banks of the Sarasvati, a grove was made.

It served as a resting place for them and it was very delightful to all of them. Bathing in that Kunja, a man obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma sacrifice.

O virtuous man, one should then go to the excellent Tirtha, called Kanya. Bathing in the Kanya Tirtha a man obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

O king of kings, one should then go to the excellent Tirtha, called Brahma. Bathing there, the other three orders obtain the states of Brahmana. And if a Brahman bathes there, he becomes pure-souled and obtains the highest refuge.

O foremost of men, one should then go to the excellent Tirtha, called Soma. O king, bathing there, a man goes to the regions of Soma.

O ruler of men, one should then go to the Tirtha, called Sapta-Sarasvata. Where the celebrated great Rishi Mankanaka obtained success in asticism. O king, we have heard that in the days of yore Mankanaka cut his hand with kusha grass and from his that wound vegetable juice flowed out (instead of blood). O king, seeing that vegetable juice, he began to dance in joy.

When he thus began to dance, all the mobile and immobile creatures began to dance.

O ruler of men, O king, then Brahma and other celestials and the ascetic Rishis all went to Mahadeva and represented to him all about the Rishi.

(They said), “O deity, you should do that by which the Rishi may not dance." Coming to the dancing Rishi who was senseless in joy, the deity thus spoke to him in order to do good to the celestials.

Shiva said: O great Rishi, O virtuous man, why are you dancing? O foremost of Rishis, why are you so much delighted?

The Rishis said: O foremost of Brahmanas, I am an ascetic ever steady in the path of virtue. O Brahmana, do you not see that vegetable-juice is flowing from the wound of my hand? Seeing which i am dancing in great joy.

To that Rishi who was blinded by emotion, the deity smilingly thus spoke,

"O Brahmana, I am not at all astonished. Behold me." O foremost of men, O sinless king, having thus addressed him, Mahadeva pressed his thumb by the tip of his own finger. O king, then from that wound came out ashes white as snow.

O king, seeing this the Rishi became filled with shame and fell at his feet. Believing that there was nothing better and greater than the Rudra, (he thus adored him).

“O wielder of trident, you are the refuge of the celestials and the Asuras, may of the whole universe. You have created the three worlds with their mobile and immobile creatures.

It is you again who swallow everything at the end of the Yuga. You are incapable of being known by the celestials, what to speak of me!

O sinless one, the celestials with Brahma are displayed in you. You are everything, the creator himself and the ordainer of the world,

It is through your favour that the celestials sport without anxiety or fear.” Having thus adored Mahadeva, the Rishi thus spoke to him;

“O god of gods, grant me your grace, so that my asceticism may not diminish.” Thereupon the deity, becoming glad in heart, thus spoke to that Brahmana Rishi,

“O Brahmana, let your asceticism increase thousand-fold through my grace. O great Rishi, I shall live with you in your hermitage.

Bathing in Sapta-Sarasvata, those that will worship me will obtain everything however difficult to get here and hereafter.

They will, without doubt, attain to the Sarasvata region.” Having said this, Mahadeva disappeared then and there.

One should then go to Asanasha, celebrated all over the world, where Brahma and other celestials and ascetic Rishis.

And the illustrious Kartikeya, O descendant of Bharata, impelled by the desire to do good to the descendant of Bhrigu, are ever present during the three Sandhyas.

O foremost of men, bathing in the Tirtha called Kapalamochana which cleanses off one's sins, one is freed from all his sins.

O best of men, one should then go to the Tirtha called Agni. Bathing there, one goes to the region of Agni and saves his own race.

O best of the Bharata race, there is a Tirtha of Vishvamitra. O best of men, bathing there, one obtains the status of a Brahmana.

Going to the Brahmayoni with purity and with subdued soul and, O best of men, bathing there one goes to the region of Brahma. There is no doubt that, he thus sanctifies his seven generations upwards and downwards.

O king of kings, one should then go to the Tirtha, celebrated all over the world, which is known by the name of Prithudaka belonging to Kartikeya. O king, by bathing there and worshipping the Pitris and the celestials.

Whatever bad acts one, whether a man or a woman, has committed willingly unwittingly, impelled by human motives. O descendant of Bharata, are all destroyed. He obtains the fruits of Ashvamedha (sacrifice) and also goes to heaven. or

The learned men say that Kurukshetra is holy, holier than Kurukshetra is the Sarasvati, holier than the Sarasvati are all the Tirthas put together and holier than all the Tirthas is the Prithudaka.

He, who by the recitation of prayers casts off his body at Prithadaka which is the best of all the Tirthas, becomes an immortal.

It has been sung by Sanatkumara and the illustrious Vyasa. O king, it is in the Vedas also, that one should go to the Prithudaka with subdued soul.

O perpetuator of the Kuru race, no Tirtha is superior to Prithudaka. There is no doubt that, that Tirtha is purifying, holy and sindestroying.

O foremost of men, O best of the Bharata race, bathing in the Prithudaka (even) sinful men go to heaven. Thus say all wise men.

O best of the Bharata race, O king, there is another Tirtha called Madhusrava. Bathing there, a man obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

O king of kings, one should then go in due order to the celebrated and sacred Tirtha where the Sarasvati and the Aruna are united together.

The man who bathes there fasting for three nights, is cleansed of even the sin of killing a Brahmana. He obtains the fruits greater than those of Agnishtoma and the Atiratha (sacrifices). O best of the Bharata race, he saves his ancestors seven generations upwards and downwards.

O perpetuator of the Kuru race, there is another Tirtha, called Ardhakila. Darbhi created it in the days of yore from compassion for the Brahmans. By vows, by taking the sacred thread, by lasts. By rites and by Mantras, one certainly becomes a Brahman. ) foremost of inen, it has been seen by the ancients that by bathing there, men learned and are endued with the fruits of observing the VOWS.

O foremost of men, Darbhi had brought there also the four oceans. Bathing in them one does not meet with any calamity. He obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

O virtuous man, one should then go to the two celebrated Tirtha called Sata-Sahasrakam and Sahasraha. Bathing in them one obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine. Fasts and gifts there multiply themselves thousandfold.

O king of kings, one should then go to the excellent Tirtha called Renuka. Bathing there and being engaged there in worshipping the celestials and the Pitris, one becomes puresouled. His sins being all destroyed, he obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma.

Bathing there in the Tirtha called Vimochana with passions and senses subdued, one is cleansed of all his sins derived from receiving gifts.

Then going to Panchavati with passions controlled and with Brahmacharya life, one becomes greatly virtuous and is adored in the region of the virtuous.

There the lord of Yoga, Vrishdhvaja, Sthanu himself is always is present. Going there he who worships the lord of the celestials obtains success.

One should then go to the Tirtha, called Taijasa, belonging to Varuna blazing in its own effulgence. There Brahma and the other celestials installed Guha in the command of the celestials army. O perpetuator of the Kuru race, in the east of Taijasa, there is a Tirtha called Kuru.

Bathing in the Kuru-Tirtha with passions controlled and with life of a Brahmachari, his soul being purified and his sins being all destroyed, one goes to the region of Brahma.

One should then go with regulated diet and subdued soul to Svarga-dvara. He obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine and goes to the region of Brahma.

O ruler of men, then the pilgrim should go to Anaraka. O king, bathing there one never meets with any difficulty. O ruler of earth, O foremost of men, there Brahma himself accompanied by the celestials with Narayana at their head is always present.

O king of kings, O perpetuator of the Kuru race, the wife of Rudra is also present there. He who beholds that goddess never meets with any calamity.

O king, there is (an image) of the husband of Uma, the lord of the universe. He who sees that great god is cleansed of all his sins.

O chastiser of foes, O great king, seeing the lotus-navelled Narayana, one blazes forth and goes to the region of Vishnu. O foremost of men! having taken bath in tirths of celestials men become free from all grieves and endued with enlightenment like the moon.

O king, then the pilgrim should go to the Tirtha, called Sashtipura. Walking round it, he obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.

O descendant of Bharata, going to the Tirtha, called Pavana and worshipping the Pitris and the celestials, one obtains the fruits of Agnishtoma sacrifice.

O best of the Bharata race, O ruler of earth, there is Gangahrada and another well (Tirtha); in that well thirty millions of Tirthas are present.

O king, bathing there, a man goes to the celestials region. Bathing in Apaga and worshipping Maheshvara. A man obtains the state of Ganapatya and saves his race.

One should then go to the Tirtha called Sthanuvata, celebrated all over the three worlds. Bathing there a man goes to the celestials region.

O king, One should then go Badaripachana, the herinitage of Vasishtha. A man, fasting there for three nights, should eat Badari (Jujubes). He who lives on Badari for twelve years. And, O ruler of men, he who fasts there for three nights, obtains equal merits. O king, going to Rudra-marga, the pilgrim is adored in the region of Indra by fasting one day and night. to

Going to Ikaratra, he who lives there for one night with regulated vows and truthfulness, becomes adored in the region of Brahma.

Where there is the hermitage of Aditya, the illustrious deity of great effulgence, (there is also another Tirtha). Bathing in it and worshipping there the god of light a man, goes to the region of Soma and saves his race.

O ruler of men, bathing in the Soma Tirtha, the pilgrim goes to the region of Soma without any doubt.

O virtuous man, one should then go to the illustrious Dadhichi's sacred Tirtha called Pavana, celebrated all over the world. Here was born that ocean of asceticism, Angiras, of the Sarasvata race.

Bathing in that Tirtha, a man obtains the fruits of Ashvamedha sacrifice and he without any doubt obtains the region of Sarasvati.

One should then go with regulated vows and with the life of Brahmacharya to Kanyasrama. O king, living there three nights with regulated diet and subdued soul. One obtains one hundred celestials damsels and goes to the region of Brahma.

O virtuous one, one should then go to the Tirtha called Sannihati.

Brahma and other celestials and ascetic Rishis go there every month and earn great virtue.

Bathing in Sannihati during a solar eclipse, one obtains the fruits of Ashvamedha sacrifice and of other sacrifices that are everlasting.

Whatever Tirtha exists on earth or in the sky, all the rivers, lakes, ponds, springs, large and small tanks and all other Tirtha sacred to particular gods, O ruler of men, all come here without doubt on the day of new moon, And they certainly mix with Sannihati every month. It is therefore that this Tirtha is known by the name of Sannihati.

He who bathes there and drinks its water is adored in the celestials region. In a solar ecclipse on the new moon. He who performs Sraddha ceremony here after having bathed obtains the fruits of the performance of one thousand horse-sacrifices. Whatever sins a man or a woman commits are without doubt all destroyed as soon as one bathes and performs Sraddha ceremony in this Tirtha. He also goes to the region of Brahma on a lotus coloured car.

Bathing then in Koti Tirtha after having worshipped the Yaksha door-keeper, Machakruka, one obtains the fruits of giving away gold in abundance.

O best of the Bharata race, there is a Tirtha called Gangahrada. O virtuous man, bathing there with subdued soul and with Brahmacharya life, a man obtains the fruits of Rajasuya and Ashavamedha sacrifice.

On earth the Tirtha called Naimisha and in the sky the Tirtha called Pushkara (are great). But in all the three worlds Kurukshetra is the greatest. Even the dust of Kurukshetra carried by wind takes away the sinful men to the highest state. In the north (of it) flows the Drishadvati and in the south the Sarasvati.

He who lives in this region really lives in heaven. "I will go to Kurukshetra, I will live in Kurukshetra,” he who utters these words even once becomes cleansed of all his sins.

The sacred Kurukshetra which is adored by the celestials is considered the sacrificial altar of the gods. Those mortals that live there have nothing to make them miserable at any time.

The region that lies between Tarnatuka and Arantuka and the lakes of Rama and Machakruka is (called Kurukshetra). It is also called Samantapanchaka. It is said to be the northern sacrificial altar of the Grandsire (Brahma).