Suddenly Citraratha was forced to fall from the sky headfirst with his airplane. Struck with wonder, he was ordered by the great sages named the Vālikhilyas to throw the brāhmaṇa’s bones in the nearby river Sarasvatī. He had to do this and bathe in the river before returning to his own abode.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
गगनान्न्यपतत्सद्यः सविमानो ह्यवाक्शिराः । स वालखिल्यवचनादस्थीन्यादाय विस्मितः । प्रास्य प्राचीसरस्वत्यां स्नात्वा धाम स्वमन्वगात्
gaganānnyapatatsadyaḥ savimāno hyavākśirāḥ | sa vālakhilyavacanādasthīnyādāya vismitaḥ | prāsya prācīsarasvatyāṃ snātvā dhāma svamanvagāt
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