Shloka 140
Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उमामहेश्वरसंवादो नाम चत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi umāmaheśvarasaṃvādo nāma catvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
So wird im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Anuśāsana Parva, im Abschnitt Dāna-dharma, das hundertvierzigste Kapitel beschlossen, genannt „Der Dialog zwischen Umā und Maheśvara“. (Dies ist ein Kolophon, das das Ende des Kapitels markiert, nicht ein neuer Lehrvers.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon: it primarily signals the completion of a chapter within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva, specifically in the dāna-dharma section, and identifies the chapter’s theme as the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara.
Bhīṣma’s discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira has reached the end of a chapter; the text formally closes the chapter titled “Umā–Maheśvara Dialogue” within the broader instructional material on the ethics and duties of giving.