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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 10]
Kurukṣetra, Matsyā, Sārasvatā, the province of the desert and the land of scanty water. After crossing these provinces He gradually reached the Sauvīra and Ābhīra provinces, then west of these, reached Dvārakā at last.
PURPORT
The provinces passed over by the Lord in those days were differently named, but the direction given is sufficient to indicate that He travelled through Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Saurastra, Gujarat and at last reached His home province at Dvārakā. We do not gain any profit simply by researching the analogous provinces of those days up to now, but it appears that the desert of Rajasthan and the provinces of scanty water like Madhya Pradesh, etc., were present even five thousand years ago. The theory of soil experts that the desert developed in recent years is not supported by the statements of  Bhāgavatam . We may leave the matter for expert geologists to research because the changing universe has different phases of geological development. We are satisfied that the Lord has now reached His own province, Dvārakādhāma, from the Kuru provinces. Kurukṣetra continues to exist since the Vedic age, and it is sheer foolishness when interpreters ignore or deny the existence of Kurukṣetra.
TEXT 36
तत्र तत्र ह तत्रत्यैर्हरिः प्रत्युद्यतार्हणः । सायं भेजे दिशं पश्चाद्रविष्ठो गां गतस्तदा ॥३६॥
tatra tatra ha tatratyair hariḥ pratyudyatārhaṇaḥ sāyam bheje diśam paścād gaviṣṭho gām gatas tadā
tatra tatra —at different places;  ha —it so happened;  tatratyaiḥ —by local inhabitants;  hariḥ —the Personality of Godhead;  pratyudyata-arhaṇaḥ —being offered presentations and worshipful regards;  sāyam —the evening;  bheje —having overtaken;  diśam —direction;  paścāt —eastern;  gaviṣṭhaḥ —the sun in the sky;  gām —to the ocean side;  gataḥ —having gone;  tadā —at that time.