Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
स्नानं कृत्वा ततः श्राद्धं चक्रे श्रद्धासमन्वितः । ततो भूयः समागत्य स तं प्रोवाच शतनुः
snānaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ śrāddhaṃ cakre śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | tato bhūyaḥ samāgatya sa taṃ provāca śatanuḥ
Nachdem er gebadet hatte, vollzog er in gläubiger Hingabe das śrāddha. Danach kehrte er erneut zurück, und Śaṃtanu sprach zu ihm.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; reporting events)
Tirtha: Unnamed western-side tīrtha (suitable for snāna and śrāddha)
Type: ghat
Scene: Bhīṣma bathes, then performs śrāddha with devotion at the water’s edge; afterward he returns and Śaṃtanu addresses him.
FAQs
Purification culminates in rightful ritual action—faithful snāna followed by śrāddha restores dharmic order.
The rites are performed at the indicated purifying tīrtha—Śarmiṣṭhā-tīrtha—within the Camatkārapura region.
A sequence: first snāna, then śrāddha, performed vidhivat and with śraddhā.