History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.328

v5.c74.t2.328

For reasons of space it is not possible to dwell at length on the greatness and sanctity of Kurukṣetra as described in the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇas Vanaparva 83 starts by saying that all beings that are in Kurukṣetra are freed from all sins and that he also who always says 'I shall go to Kurukṣetra, and I shall reside in Kurukṣetra' is freed from sins¹⁵⁵². 'In this world there is no place holier than this. Even the particles of dust driven from Kurukṣetra by the wind take a great sinner to the highest goal'¹⁵⁵³ Even the Ganges is compared to Kurukṣetra (vide note 1324 'Kurukṣetrasamā Gaṅgā'). The Nāradīya avers¹⁵⁵⁴ that planets, constellations and stars are subject to the danger of falling down (from the sky) in course of time, but in the case of those that die in Kurukṣetra there is no falling on the earth again (i e. they would not be born again).