Shloka 97
Agastya’s Encounter with Ilvala and Vātāpi; Dāna, Progeny, and the Renown of Agastya-Āśrama
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायामगस्त्योपाख्याने सप्तनवतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyām agastyopākhyāne saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত তীৰ্থযাত্ৰাপৰ্বত, লোমশৰ তীৰ্থযাত্ৰাৰ প্ৰসঙ্গত, অগস্ত্যোপাখ্যানৰ সাতানব্বইতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল॥
अगस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrinal content; it reinforces the framing that pilgrimage narratives and sage-episodes (like Agastya’s) are preserved as ethically meaningful traditions, encouraging remembrance of dharmic exemplars and the value of tīrtha-associated merit.
The text is closing Adhyāya 97 of the Vana Parva, within the Tīrthayātrā Parva, specifically within Lomāśa’s narration of the pilgrimage and the Agastya-related sub-episode; it is a formal end-of-chapter marker.