The Kuru hero was encircled by many ascetics like Indra of a hundred sacrifices by the denizens of heaven. The spot on which he lay was highly sacred, for it was situate on the banks of the river Oghavati.
उपास्यमानं मुनिभिर्देवैरिव शतक्रतुम्। देशे परमधर्मिष्ठे नदीमोघवतीमनु॥७