Shloka 87
Avanti–Narmadā–Puṣkara Tīrtha-Kathana (धौम्यकथितं तीर्थवर्णनम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि धौम्यतीर्थयात्रायां सप्ताशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi dhaumyatīrthayātrāyāṃ saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত তীৰ্থযাত্ৰাপৰ্বত ধৌম্যৰ তীৰ্থযাত্ৰা-প্ৰসঙ্গৰ সাতাশি-তম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within a pilgrimage narrative. Its ethical emphasis is indirect: it situates the reader in the tradition of tīrthayātrā, where purification, restraint, and reverence for sacred places are treated as supports for dharma.
The verse is not a spoken dialogue but an editorial/narrative closing formula: it announces that the eighty-seventh chapter has concluded within the Vana Parva’s Tīrthayātrā section, specifically in the portion describing Dhaumya’s pilgrimage.