Shloka 250
Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने पजञ्चाशदधिकद्धिशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne pañcāśadadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
এইভাবে শ্রীমহাভারতের শান্তিপর্বের মোক্ষধর্মপর্বে, শুকের অনুপ্রশ্ন-প্রসঙ্গে, দুই শত পঞ্চাশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it signals the completion of a chapter situated in the Mokṣa-dharma teachings, whose broader aim is to orient the listener toward liberation through right understanding, disciplined living, and inquiry.
The text is closing a chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the immediate dialogic frame (Śuka’s further inquiry), and then marks the chapter count as the 250th.