PURPORT

Still up to date it is a custom in the Hindu society to go to the Ganges or to any other sacred river for taking bath when death occures in the family. Each of the family members pours on a pot ful of the Ganges water to the departed soul and they go to the place in a procession keeping the ladies in the front. The Pandavas also followed the rules more than five thousands of years before. Lord Krishna being a cousin brother of the Pandavas He is also amongst the family members.