Shloka 256
अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः
Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मृत्यु और प्रजापतिके संवादका उपक्रमविषयक दो सौ छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antargate mokṣa-dharma-parvaṇi mṛtyu-prajāpati-saṁvādasya upakrama-viṣayakaḥ dvi-śata-ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
এইভাবে শ্রীমহাভারতের শান্তিপর্বের অন্তর্গত মোক্ষধর্মপর্বে মৃত্যু ও প্রজাপতির সংলাপের উপক্রম-বিষয়ক দুই শত ছাপ্পান্নতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a concluding colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its instructional function is to frame the next teaching as a dialogue between Mṛtyu (Death) and Prajāpati, directing attention toward reflection on mortality, the governance of beings, and liberation-oriented dharma (mokṣadharma).
The text marks the completion of Adhyāya 256 in the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parva and announces that the forthcoming material begins the topic of the dialogue between Death and Prajāpati.