The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.1

6.25.1

tatra yuddhodyamaṃ śrutvautsukyādagrimaṃ vṛttāntaṃ bubhutsurdhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca - dharmakṣetra iti | tatra vede ‘teṣāṃ kurukṣetraṃ devayajanamāsa’ iti karmakāṇḍaprasiddhaṃ kurukṣetramanyat | ‘avimuktaṃ vai kurukṣetraṃ devānāṃ devayajanaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ brahmasadanam’ ityavimuktākhyaṃ brahmaprāptisthānabhūtaṃ kurukṣetramanyat | brahmasadanatvaṃ cāsya atra hi jantoḥ prāṇeṣūtkramamāṇeṣu rudrastārakaṃ brahma vyācaṣṭe | yenāsāvamṛtībhūtvā mokṣī bhavatīti vākyaśeṣeṇa vyutpāditam | etadvyāvṛttyarthaṃ dharmakṣetre iti viśeṣaṇam | kurudeśāntargataṃ hi kurukṣetraṃ dharmakṣetrameva natu tadbrahmasadanam | pravargyakāṇḍe tasya dharmakṣetratvamātraśravaṇāt | tatra samavetā militāḥ yuyutsavo yoddhumicchavaḥ | pāṇḍavānāṃ pṛthaggrahaṇaṃ teṣu mamatvābhāvasūcanārtham ||