Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
स राजांभसिमग्नस्य जामातुस्तस्य बांधवैः । आगतैः कारयामास साकल्यादौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
sa rājāṃbhasimagnasya jāmātustasya bāṃdhavaiḥ | āgataiḥ kārayāmāsa sākalyādaurdhvadaihikam
ജലത്തിൽ മുങ്ങിപ്പോയ തന്റെ മരുമകനുവേണ്ടി എത്തിയ ബന്ധുക്കളോടൊപ്പം ആ രാജാവ് വിധിപൂർവ്വം സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായ ഔർധ്വദേഹിക (അന്ത്യേഷ്ടി) കർമ്മങ്ങൾ നടത്തിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Type: ghat
Scene: A king stands on a riverbank with assembled relatives, priests arranging darbha and vessels; offerings of water and piṇḍa are prepared, conveying solemn completion of funerary duties for one lost in the waters.
FAQs
Dharma continues even after loss; completing aurdhvadaihika rites is an act of duty, compassion, and social-spiritual order.
No specific tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on rite-performance rather than location.
The performance of aurdhvadaihika (post-death/funerary) rites in full, together with the deceased’s relatives.