Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
ततश्च मंत्रिभिः सर्वैः शंतनुस्तस्य चानुजः । पितृपैतामहे राज्ये सत्वरं सन्नियोजितः
tataśca maṃtribhiḥ sarvaiḥ śaṃtanustasya cānujaḥ | pitṛpaitāmahe rājye satvaraṃ sanniyojitaḥ
Ensuite, par l’ensemble des ministres, son cadet Śaṃtanu fut promptement installé sur le royaume ancestral de son père et de ses aïeux.
Sūta (narrator)
Scene: A formal coronation: Śaṃtanu seated on the throne as ministers perform abhiṣeka, with royal insignia and ancestral emblems displayed.
FAQs
Social order is sustained by rightful succession and counsel; dharma is maintained when governance is promptly and properly established.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it continues the narrative setting preceding the tīrtha’s miraculous context.
None; the focus is political-dharmic appointment rather than a ritual.