Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
ततश्च मंत्रिभिः सर्वैः शंतनुस्तस्य चानुजः । पितृपैतामहे राज्ये सत्वरं सन्नियोजितः
tataśca maṃtribhiḥ sarvaiḥ śaṃtanustasya cānujaḥ | pitṛpaitāmahe rājye satvaraṃ sanniyojitaḥ
اس کے بعد تمام وزیروں نے اُس کے چھوٹے بھائی شنتنو کو باپ اور دادا پردادا کی موروثی سلطنت میں فوراً تخت نشین کر دیا۔
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.