Kurukshetra

Mbh.1.3.592	SECTION III Paushya Parva Sauti said, Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit, was, with his brothers, attending his long sacrifice on the plains of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.1.3.882	I adore thee also, to obtain the ear-rings, O Takshaka, who formerly dwelt in Kurukshetra and the forest of Khandava!
Mbh.1.3.883	Takshaka and Aswasena, ye are constant companions who dwell in Kurukshetra on the banks of the Ikshumati!
Mbh.1.94.5200	Devoted to asceticism, he made that field Kurukshetra sacred by practising asceticism there.
Mbh.1.101.5700	Between that Gandharva and that foremost one of the Kurus, who were both very powerful, there occurred on the field of Kurukshetra a fierce combat which lasted full three years on the banks of the Saraswati.
Mbh.1.109.6056	SECTION CIX Sambhava Parva continued Vaisampayana said, Upon the birth of those three children, Kurujangala, Kurukshetra, and the Kurus grew in prosperity.
Mbh.1.211.10399	Subjugating all the points of heaven by means of such cruel acts, the Asura brothers took up their abode in Kurukshetra, without a single rival
Mbh.1.228.11128	And it so happened that while that forest was burning, Takshaka, the chief of the Nagas, was not there, having gone at that time to the field of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.1.229.11199	Before the conflagration commenced in Khandava he had journeyed to Kurukshetra.
Mbh.3.5.322	SECTION V Vaisampayana said, Desirous of living in the forest, those bulls of the Bharata race, the Pandavas, with their followers, setting out from the banks of the Ganges went to the field of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.3.83.4112	SECTION LXXXIII Pulastya said, One should next proceed, O king, to the adored Kurukshetra at sight of which all creatures are freed from their sins.
Mbh.3.83.4113	He is freed from all sins who constantly sayeth, I will live in Kurukshetra'
Mbh.3.83.4114	The very dust of Kurukshetra, conveyed by the wind, leadeth a sinful man to a blessed course in after-life.
Mbh.3.83.4115	They that dwell in Kurukshetra which lieth to the south of the Saraswati and the north of the Drishadwati, are said to dwell in heaven.
Mbh.3.83.4118	O foremost of warriors, the sins of one that desireth to repair to Kurukshetra even mentally are all destroyed, and he finally goeth into the region of Brahma.
Mbh.3.83.4119	O son of the Kuru race, by repairing to Kurukshetra in a pious frame of mind, one obtaineth the fruit of the Rajasuya and horse sacrifices.
Mbh.3.83.4140	O bull of the Bharata race, that tirtha is regarded as the gate of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.3.83.4245	O king, the Rishis engaged in ascetic austerities in the woods of Naimisha had, in days of old, taking the vow of pilgrimage, gone to Kurukshetra.
Mbh.3.83.4295	The learned have said that Kurukshetra is holy; that holier than Kurukshetra is the Saraswati; that holier than the Saraswati are all the tirthas together, and that holier than all the tirthas together is Prithudaka.
Mbh.3.83.4375	Pushkara is productive of good in the regions of the firmament; Kurukshetra, however, is productive of good in respect of all the three worlds.
Mbh.3.83.4376	Even the dust of Kurukshetra, carried by the wind, leadeth sinful men to a highly blessed state.
Mbh.3.83.4377	They that reside in Kurukshetra, which lieth to the north of the Drishadwati and the south of the Saraswati, really reside in heaven.
Mbh.3.83.4378	I will go to Kurukshetra' I will dwell in Kurukshetra' he that uttereth those words even once, becometh cleansed of all sins.
Mbh.3.83.4379	The sacred Kurukshetra which is worshipped by Brahmarshis, is regarded as the sacrificial altar of the celestials.
Mbh.3.83.4381	That which lieth between Tarantuka and Arantuka and the lakes of Rama and Machakruka is Kurukshetra.
Mbh.3.85.4698	Wherever may a person bathe in the Ganga, he earneth merit equal to that of a trip to Kurukshetra.
Mbh.3.85.4701	It hath been said that in the Satyayuga all the tirthas were sacred; in the Treta, Pushkara alone was such; in Dwapara, Kurukshetra; and in the Kali-yuga, the Ganga alone is sacred.
Mbh.3.85.4703	Bathing in Pushkara, in Kurukshetra, in the Ganga and in the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna, one sanctifieth seven generations of one's race up and down.
Mbh.3.258.12632	Vyasa said, There lived, O king, in Kurukshetra a virtuous man sage, Mudgala by name.
Mbh.5.141.6353	Oh, let this swelling host of Kshatriyas perish by means of weapons on that most sacred of all spots in the three worlds, viz Kurukshetra, O Kesava.
Mbh.5.150.6731	King Duryodhana then repeatedly ordered those wicked-hearted rulers, saying, Today constellation Pushya is ascendant, march ye this very day to Kurukshetra.
Mbh.5.150.6752	Indeed, all those kings have already marched to, Kurukshetra.
Mbh.5.152.6818	And reaching the field of Kurukshetra with their forces in battle-array, those smiters, the sons of Pandu, looked like roaring bulls.
Mbh.5.153.6829	And arrived, O Bharata, at the holy Hiranwati which flows through Kurukshetra, which was filled with sacred water, and whose bed was divested of pointed pebbles and mire, and which was regarded as an excellent tirtha, Kesava caused a moat to be excavated there, and for its protection stationed a sufficient number of troops with proper instructions.
Mbh.5.154.6837	SECTION CLIV Janamejaya said, Hearing that Yudhishthira had, with his troops marched from the desire of battle and encamped on Kurukshetra, protected by Vasudeva, and aided by Virata and Drupada with their sons, and surrounded by the Kekayas, the Vrishnis, and other kings by hundreds, and watched over by numerous mighty car-warriors, like the great Indra himself by the Adityas, what measures were concerted by king Duryodhana?
Mbh.5.154.6850	Let the kings my allies pitch their tents by hundreds and thousands on Kurukshetra, all of which must be spacious, incapable of being approached by enemies, near enough to places abounding with water and fuel, in such positions that the communications thereto for sending supplies may not be stopped at any time by the foe, full of weapons of diverse kinds, and decked with streamers and flags.
Mbh.5.157.6977	And after making Bhishma, that grinder of hostile hosts, his general, and having also caused by abundant gifts of kine and gold to the Brahmanas to pronounce benedictions on him, and glorified by those benedictions, and surrounded by his troops, and with Ganga's son in the van, and accompanied by his brothers, Duryodhana marched to Kurukshetra with his large host.
Mbh.5.160.7066	SECTION CLX Janamejaya said, After the soldiers had been arrayed thus in order of battle on the field of Kurukshetra, what, O bull among Brahmanas, did the Kauravas then do, urged as they were by destiny itself'
Mbh.5.161.7215	The field of Kurukshetra is free from mire.
Mbh.5.162.7280	The field of Kurukshetra also is without mire.
Mbh.5.180.8079	And Rama, accompanied by all those devotees of Brahma, then came to Kurukshetra, O monarch, with that maiden, O Bharata, in their company.
Mbh.5.181.8126	I shall fight with thee, O regenerate one, on the field of Kurukshetra!
Mbh.5.181.8128	Come and station thyself on the field of Kurukshetra where, afflicted with my shafts in great battle, and sanctified by my weapons, thou mayest obtain those regions that have been won by thee thought for thy austerities.
Mbh.5.181.8143	O thou of Kuru's race, even now I go with thee to Kurukshetra!
Mbh.5.181.8151	Having said all this, Rama then went to Kurukshetra from desire of combat, and I also, entering our city, represented everything unto Satyavati.
Mbh.5.181.8163	I issued out of the city named after the elephant, and proceeded to Kurukshetra, which, O bull of Bharata's race, was to be the field of battle!
Mbh.5.181.8165	And arrived in the field of Kurukshetra, both myself and Rama, eager for battle, became desirous of showing each other our prowess.
Mbh.5.198.8833	And all these Dhartarashtras endued with great might, uniting together in proper order, and all clad in mail, took up their position at the other end of Kurukshetra, and, O Bharata, Duryodhana caused his encampment to be so adorned as to make it look like a second Hastinapura.
Mbh.6.1.5	Vaisampayana said, Listen thou, O lord of the earth, how those heroes, the Kurus, the Pandavas, and the Somakas, fought on the sacred plain of the Kurukshetra
Mbh.6.1.6	Entering Kurukshetra, the Pandavas endued with great might, along with the Somakas, advanced, desirous of victory, against the Kauravas.
Mbh.6.1.27	For all that, O monarch, both armies, filled with joy, stood addrest for battle, on Kurukshetra like two agitated oceans.
Mbh.6.25.1069	John Bruno Hare Dhritarashtra said, Assembled together on the sacred plain of Kurukshetra from desire of fighting what did my sons and the Pandavas do.
Mbh.8.44.2357	A foremost one among brahmanas, venerable in years while reciting old histories, said these words, blaming the Vahikas and Madrakas, One should always avoid the Vahikas, those impure people that are out of the pale of virtue, and that live away from the Himavat and the Ganga and Sarasvati and Yamuna and Kurukshetra and the Sindhu and its five tributary rivers.
Mbh.9.33.2405	In course of his wanderings, that hero of unrivalled power and magnanimous conduct at last came to Kurukshetra
Mbh.9.35.2638	There, at Kurukshetra, O foremost of Kuru's care, do thou perform grand sacrifices and rites!
Mbh.9.36.2690	While, again, the high-souled Kuru was engaged in a sacrifice at Kurukshetra, that foremost of rivers, the highly blessed Sarasvati, made her appearance there.
Mbh.9.36.2691	Summoned, O monarch, by the high-souled Vasishtha who assisted Kuru in his sacrifice, the Sarasvati, full of celestial water appeared at Kurukshetra under the name of Oghavati.
Mbh.9.50.3706	Then he of Madhu's race, having come out of the environs of Samantapanchaka, enquired of the rishis about the results of the battle at Kurukshetra.
Mbh.9.50.3707	Asked by that lion of Yadu's race about the results of the battle at Kurukshetra, those high-souled ones told him everything as it had happened
Mbh.9.51.3711	Hence it came to be Kurukshetra the field of Kuru'
Mbh.9.51.3740	The very dust of Kurukshetra, borne away by the wind, shall cleanse persons of wicked acts and bear them to heaven
Mbh.9.51.3742	The space between the Tarantuka and the Arantuka and the lakes of Rama and Shamachakra, is known as Kurukshetra.
Mbh.9.51.3746	Even this was said by Shakra himself about the high blessedness of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.9.52.3748	SECTION Vaishampayana said, Having visited Kurukshetra and given away wealth there, he of the Satwata race then proceeded, O Janamejaya, to a large and exceedingly beautiful hermitage.
Mbh.9.53.3809	Rama then answered Yudhishthira in these sweet and righteous words that were highly beneficial to heroes, I have heard it said by the Rishis, O best of kings, that Kurukshetra is a highly sacred and sin-cleansing spot, equal to heaven itself, adored by gods and Rishis and high-souled Brahmanas!
Mbh.11.16.673	Those ladies, bereaved of their lords, having reached Kurukshetra, beheld their slain brothers and sons and sires and husbands lying on the ground, and in course of being devoured by beasts of prey and wolves and ravens and crows and ghosts and pishacas and rakshasas and diverse other wanderers of the night.
Mbh.12.48.2542	SECTION XLIX Vaisampayana said, Then Hrishikesa and king Yudhishthira, and all those persons headed by Kripa, and the four Pandavas, riding on those cars looking like fortified cities and decked with standards and banners, speedily proceeded to Kurukshetra with the aid of their fleet steeds.
Mbh.12.343.22747	Nothing wonderful was accomplished by my ancestor Dhananjaya who was the victor in the great battle on Kurukshetra, for it should be remembered that he had Vasudeva for his ally.
Mbh.12.363.23893	On the occasion, again, of my dreadful encounter with Rama of Bhrigu's race on the field of Kurukshetra, the celestial Vasus, O king, recited this history to me
Mbh.13.2.187	Sudarsana, O king, leading the life of a householder with Oghavati, used to dwell in Kurukshetra with her.
Mbh.13.119.10577	Those bulls among Kshatriyas, also, who have cast off their life-breaths on the field of Kurukshetra exerting their energy the while, have all attained to a meritorious end.
Mbh.13.125.10905	Sakra said, Thinking in one's mind of Kurukshetra and Gaya and Ganga and Prabhasa and the lakes of Pushkara, one should dip one's head in water.
Mbh.13.165.13693	Sarayu, Gandaki, the great river Lohita, Tamra, Aruna, Vetravati, Parnasa, Gautami, the Godavari, Vena, Krishnavena, Dwija, Drishadvati, Kaveri, Vankhu, Mandakini Prayaga, Prabhasa, the sacred Naimisha, the spot sacred to Visweswara or Mahadeva, viz, Kasi, that lake of crystal water, Kurukshetra full of many sacred waters, the foremost of oceans viz, the ocean of milk, Penances, Gifts, Jamvumarga, Hiranwati, Vitasta, the river Plakshavati, Vedasmriti, Vedavati, Malava, Aswavati, all sacred spots on Earth, Gangadwara, the sacred Rishikulya, the river Chitravaha, the Charmanwati, the sacred river Kausiki, the Yamuna, the river Bhimarathi, the great river Vahuda, Mahendravani, Tridiva Nilika, Saraswati, Nanda, the other Nanda, the large sacred lake, Gaya, Phalgutirtha Dharmarayana the sacred forest that is peopled with the deities, the sacred celestial river, the lake created by the Grandsire Brahma which is sacred and celebrated over the three worlds, and auspicious and capable of cleansing all sins, the Himavat mountain endued with excellent herbs, the Vindhya mountain variegated with diverse kinds of metals, containing many Tirthas and overgrown with medicinal herbs.
Mbh.14.73.3240	Countless, O monarch, was the fete of Kshatriyas, of kings in myriads, who fought with Arjuna on that occasion, for having lost their kinsmen on the geld of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.14.73.3241	Innumerable Kiratas also, O king, and Yavanas, all excellent bowmen, and diverse tribes of Mlechechas too, who had been discomfited before by the Pandavas on the field of Kurukshetra, and many Aryan kings, possessed of soldiers and animals endued with great alacrity, and all irresistible in fight encountered the son of Pandu in battle.
Mbh.14.74.3253	At the time of his setting out, he had been earnestly ordered by king Yudhishthira the just, not to slay those Kshatriyas whose kinsmen had been slain before on the field of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.14.74.3282	They then addressed that tiger among men, that slayer of the Samsaptaka host on the field of Kurukshetra, saying, We are your slaves.
Mbh.14.77.3344	SECTION LXXVII Vaisampayana said, There occurred a great battle between the diadem-decked Arjuna and the hundreds of Saindhavas who still lived after the slaughter of their clan on the field of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.14.84.3748	Of immeasurable soul, he also caused that head-gear to be borne along a great distance like the head of Jayadratha after he had cut it off in the battle of Kurukshetra.
Mbh.14.90.4015	Repeatedly uttering such deep sounds and thereby frightening all animals and birds, that proud denizen of a hole, with large body, spoke in a human voice and said, Ye kings, this great sacrifice is not equal to a prastha of powdered barley given away by a liberal Brahmana of Kurukshetra who was observing the Unccha vow'
Mbh.14.90.4049	The incident relates to a liberal Brahmana dwelling in Kurukshetra in the observance of the Unccha vow.
Mbh.14.90.4053	On that righteous spot of ground known by the name of Kurukshetra, which is the abode of many righteous persons, there lived a Brahmana in the observance of what is called the Unccha vow.
Mbh.15.19.778	From the banks of the Bhagirathi the old king, with his followers, observant of vows and with senses restrained, then proceeded to Kurukshetra.
Mbh.15.22.898	Let men in charge of treasuries go out on the way leading to the ascetic retreats on Kurukshetra.
Mbh.15.23.926	By slow marches, king Yudhishthira reached Kurukshetra, and then, crossing the Yamuna, that highly sacred river, he beheld from a distance the retreat, O thou of Kuru's race, of the royal sage of great wisdom and of Dhritarashtra.
Mbh.15.27.1080	After they had sat themselves down, many great Rishis, viz, Satayupa and others, who were denizens of Kurukshetra, came there.
Mbh.15.31.1263	Gandharvas and Apsaras, and Pisachas and Guhyakas and Rakshasas, many persons of great sanctity, many individuals crowned with success of penances, celestial Rishis, deities and Danavas and heavenly Rishis of spotless character, met with death on the battle-field of Kurukshetra
Mbh.15.37.1547	After thy return from Kurukshetra, O delighter of the Kurus, thy sire, O king, proceeded towards Gangadwara.
Mbh.16.7.335	The high-souled one, taking with him the remnant of the Vrishni women, and the wealth that was still with them, reached Kurukshetra.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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