O greatly exalted one, he (Bhishma) ended here (at Prayaga) his highly meritorious visits to the Tirthas which are ever capable of destroying all sins.
एवमेषा महाभाग प्रतिष्ठाने प्रतिष्ठिता। तीर्थयात्रा महापुण्या सर्वपापप्रमोचनी॥