Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 158
श्रीनारद उवाच । ततः स सप्तरात्रांते जहौ बालो निजानसून् । संस्कारितो यथोक्तं च नंदभद्रेण ब्राह्मणैः
śrīnārada uvāca | tataḥ sa saptarātrāṃte jahau bālo nijānasūn | saṃskārito yathoktaṃ ca naṃdabhadreṇa brāhmaṇaiḥ
শ্ৰী নাৰদে ক’লে: তাৰ পাছত সাত ৰাতিৰ অন্তত সেই বালকে নিজৰ প্ৰাণ ত্যাগ কৰিলে। তদুপৰি নন্দভদ্ৰে ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলৰ সৈতে বিধিমতে তাৰ অন্ত্যেষ্টিক্ৰিয়া সম্পন্ন কৰিলে।
Nārada
Tirtha: Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa (implied setting)
Type: kund
Scene: After seven nights, the boy’s life-breath departs; Nandabhadra and brāhmaṇas conduct the prescribed funerary rites near the sacred waters—solemn fire, offerings, and orderly ritual gestures; the tirtha remains calm, witnessing the transition.
FAQs
Even in grief, one should follow śāstric dharma—performing the proper rites with faith and guidance.
The narrative context is moving toward the glorification of Bahūdaka tīrtha in this adhyāya.
The performance of prescribed post-death rites (saṃskāra/antyeṣṭi) by Nandabhadra with brāhmaṇas.