The field of Kuru has been described to be sacred. The river Sarasvati is considered more so. The Tirthas of the Sarasvati are inore sacred than the Sarasvati herself; and the Tirtha called Prithudaka is more sacred than all the Tirthas of the Sarasvati. One that has bathed in Prithudaka and drunk its waters will not have to be sorry for a premature death.
पुण्यमाहुः कुरुक्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रात् सरस्वतीम्। सरस्वत्याश्च तीर्थानि तीर्थेभ्यश्च पृथूदकम्॥ यत्रावगाह्य पीत्वा च नैनं श्वोमरणं तपेत्। महासरः पुष्कराणि प्रभासोत्तरमानसे॥