KURUKSHETRA
The land of  Dharma

BHISHMA KUND

It is about 5 Kms off the Kurukshetra tank. The famous episode of quenching the thirst of Bhishma Pitamaha, while lying on the bed of arrows is attributed to this. The epic relates that Bhishma felt thirsty while on the ampa sayya, and asked for water. Thereupon, Duryodhana ordered the attendant to bring water in a gold vessel, but Bhishma refused on the ground that he no more had any connection with the mortal world. When helplessness gathered dark clouds around his brows, Arjuna, the savyasachi pierced the earth with his mighty arrow. There gushed out then patalaganga, like the fountain at the turn of the knob. It quenched the Pitamahas thirst, curbed the hollow imperial power of Duryodhana, and occasioned the exhibition of supremacy of Arjuna. And as it is associated with the last days of Bhisma and his Dharmopadesa, so there is unusual craze for visiting for all types of people.

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