Why is “Kurukshtera” also called “Dharmkshetra”

There are numerous instances where “Kurukshterta” is also called as “Dharmkshetra”. In the first shloka of Gita we have seen that Dhritrashtra has asked Sanjay “धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः” (“Dharm Kshetre Kuru kshetre samwetaa yuyut sawah”)

The question is why? The Morphophonology (संधि - विच्छेद) Of these words gives us two terms or words “Dharm Kshetre” And “Kuru kshetre” (धर्म क्षेत्रे कुरु क्षेत्रे)

Here Khsetra means Filed (खेत)

It is said that one of the forefathers of both Kauravas’ and Pandavas’ was King “Kuru” who used to plough this field himself with great difficulties. This is why it has been named after him and called “Kuru Kshetra (the Field of Kuru)”. It is also said that once “Indra” (Lord of Devs’) did give his blessing to “Kuru” that anybody who dies in this filed either by doing Yagya or Tapa (Meditation) or by doing war that person will attain Heaven (Swarga). The day “Kuru” got this blessing he stopped ploughing that field as the filed has got blessed. After the blessing of “Indra” this place has also been called as Dharma (or Punya) Kashetra.

It is also said that it is the same place where “Parshuram” (who is considered to be the 6^th Incarnation of Lord Vishnu and one of the 7 immortals of Hinduism) did “Pitra - tarpan” after ridding the world of “Khastriyas” 21times (after the mighty Kashtriya king Kartavirya killed rather murdered his father “Jamadagni”).