Shloka 312
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे द्वादशाधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāde dvādaśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المباركة، ضمن «بارفا السِّلم» (شانتِي بارفا)—وخاصةً قسم «موكشادَرما»—تنتهي هنا محاورة ياجْنَفَلْكْيَا مع الملك جَنَكَة: الفصل الثاني عشر بعد الثلاثمائة (312).
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and identifying its setting: the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parva, framed as a dialogue between the sage Yājñavalkya and King Janaka—signaling that the chapter’s concern is liberation-oriented dharma (mokṣa) taught through philosophical instruction.
The text is concluding the 312th chapter of the Śānti Parva. It formally states that the chapter belongs to the Mokṣadharma section and that its content is presented as the Yājñavalkya–Janaka conversation; it functions as an editorial closure rather than a spoken verse of argument.