Shloka 124

Cyavana’s Reconciliation with Indra; Tīrtha-Indexing at Ārcīka-parvata and Yamunā

Chapter 125

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें सुकन्योपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi logaśatīrthayātrāprasange sukanyopākhyānavिषayaka ekaśata-caturviṃśatitam adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الرابع والعشرون بعد المئة، المتعلّق بحكاية سوكانيا، وقد رُوي في سياق الحجّ إلى المعابر المقدّسة (تيرثا) ضمن قسم «تيرثاياترا» من «فانا بارفا» في «المهابهارتا» الموقّرة. وتُثبت خاتمة الفصل (الكولوفون) تمام هذه الوحدة، وتؤطّر الحادثة بوصفها جزءًا من مسار أوسع للأخلاق والتعبّد، عبر المواضع المقدّسة والروايات المثلية.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra-parvan (section on pilgrimage)

लोमशतीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेin the episode/context of Lomasha's pilgrimage

सुकन्योपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the Sukanya-upakhyana

एकशतचतुर्विंशतितमःthe one-hundred-and-twenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; concluded

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Sukanyā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata frames ethical instruction: exemplary stories (like Sukanyā’s) are embedded within the larger discipline of tīrthayātrā, suggesting that dharma is learned through both sacred travel and reflective listening to instructive narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken verse of plot but an editorial/narrative closure: it announces that the chapter dealing with the Sukanyā episode—told in the context of pilgrimage within the Vana Parva’s Tīrthayātrā section—has concluded.