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
ครั้นอาบน้ำแล้ว เขาจึงประกอบศราทธะ (śrāddha) ด้วยศรัทธา ครั้นกลับมาอีกครั้ง พระศันตนุก็ตรัสกับเขาดังนี้
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.
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.