Those sons of Kunti, after having purified themselves, offered oblations to the Pitris, the celestials, the Rishis, in the sacred waters of the Bhagirathi in that extremely inaccessible place, frequented by the celestials Rishis. Those perpetuators of the Kuru race thus offered oblations and passed their time in reciting holy writs.
तस्मिन् देवर्षिचरिते देशे परमदुर्गमे। भागीरथीपुण्यजले तर्पयांचक्रिरे तदा॥ देवानृषींश्च कौन्तेयाः परमं शौचमास्थिताः। तत्र ते तर्पयन्तश्च जपन्तश्च कुरूद्वहाः॥