Making the great Yudhishthira then, with Krishna the daughter of Drupada, seated upon a handsome seat, called Sarvatobhadra, with firm feet and covered with tiger-skin and effulgent, began to pour libations of clarified butter upon the sacrificial fire with proper Mantras.
व्याघ्रचर्मोत्तरे शुक्ले सर्वतोभद्र आसने। दृढपादप्रतिष्ठाने हुताशनसमत्विषि॥ उपवेश्य महात्मानं कृष्णां च दुपदात्मजाम्। जुहाव पावकं धीमान् विधिमन्त्रपुरस्कृतम्॥