बृहत्संहिता: प्रथम भाग (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - विमला हिन्दी व्याख्या, पं. अच्युतानन्द झा)

(backwards 3) shape?
NO! It is a single rounded curve with a tail to the right: it is IDENTICAL to रु!
Wait, but could it be ध where the top loop filled in?
No, it has a tail going down-right, exactly like रु in कुरु right next to it!
Wait, why would it be रुर्मारण्य?
Wait, is it कुरुक्षेत्रधर्माण्य?
Wait, let's look at the letter between क्षेत्र and सारस्वताः:
Let's read the whole sequence:
कुरुक्षेत्र (ku-ru-kṣe-tra)
Then: रु (ru)
Then: र्मा (rmā)
Then: र (ra)
Then: ण्य (ṇya)
Wait, is it कुरुक्षेत्ररुर्मारण्य?
Wait! In line 8, it says: धर्मारण्यं पुण्यक्षेत्रम्।
So the place is indeed Dharmāraṇya.
In the verse/prose quoted from Parāśara (line 21-24):
Let's search Parāśara's text:
"शूरसेनोद्देहिकपाण्डुगुडाश्वत्थनीपकाञ्चनकौरवोत्तमज्योतिषभद्रारिमेदमाध्यमिकसाल्वसाकेतमत्स्यकपिष्ठलचक्रदौलेपमाण