Shloka 13
Kurukṣetra–Sarasvatī Tīrtha-Māhātmya
Pilgrimage Merits and Sacred Geography
पुरा भागीरथीतीरे भीष्मो धर्मभूतां वर: । पित्र्यं ब्रतं समास्थाय न्यवसन्मुनिभि: सह,महाभाग! पहलेकी बात है, देवताओं और गन्धर्वोसे सेवित गंगाद्वार (हरिद्वार)-तीर्थमें भागीरथीके पवित्र, शुभ एवं देवर्षिसेवित तट-प्रदेशमें श्रेष्ठ धर्मात्मा भीष्मजी पितृसम्बन्धी (श्राद्ध, तर्पण आदि) व्रतका आश्रय ले महर्षियोंके साथ रहते थे
nārada uvāca | purā bhāgīrathītīre bhīṣmo dharmabhūtāṃ varaḥ | pitryaṃ vrataṃ samāsthāya nyavasan munibhiḥ saha ||
Narada said: Long ago, on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī (the Gaṅgā), Bhīṣma—foremost among those established in dharma—undertook the ancestral observance (rites for the Pitṛs such as śrāddha and tarpana) and lived there in the company of sages. The verse frames Bhīṣma’s ethical stature through his disciplined care for lineage-duty and reverence toward the ancestors, presented as a model of dharmic conduct.
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