After the completion of the first funeral rites, let the virtuous Pandu, the supporter of the dignity of the Kuru race, gain the Pitrimedha (the blissful region of the Pitris).
प्रेतकार्ये निवृत्ते तु पितृमेधं महायशाः। लभतां सर्वधर्मज्ञः पाण्डुः कुरुकुलोद्वहः॥