Sūta Gosvāmī said: Being afraid for having killed so many subjects on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira went to the scene of the massacre. There, Bhīṣmadeva was lying on a bed of arrows, about to pass away.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सूत उवाच । इति भीतः प्रजाद्रोहात्सर्वधर्मविवित्सया । ततो विनशनं प्रागाद्यत्र देवव्रतोऽपतत्
sūta uvāca | iti bhītaḥ prajādrohātsarvadharmavivitsayā | tato vinaśanaṃ prāgādyatra devavrato'patat
SB 1.9.1