Rama then answered Yudhisthira, in these sweet and righteous words, viz.-I have heard it said by the Rishis, O best of kings, that Kurukshetra is a highly sacred and sindestroying spot, equal to heaven itself, worshipped of gods and Rishis and great Brahmanas.
ततो युधिष्ठरं रामो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह॥ मधुरं धर्मसंयुक्तं शूराणां हितमेव च। मया श्रुतं कथयतामृषीणां राजसत्तम॥ कुरुक्षेत्रं परं पुण्यं पावनं स्वर्गमेव च। दैवतैऋषिभिर्जुष्टं ब्राह्मणैश्च महात्मभिः॥