Shloka 73
Adhyāya 71: Kaca and the Saṃjīvanī-vidyā
Devayānī–Śukra Episode
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि शकुन्तलोपाख्याने एकसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi śakuntalopākhyāne ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva and specifically the Sambhava Parva, in the episode known as the “Tale of Śakuntalā,” ends the seventy-first chapter.
कण्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line chiefly teaches how the Mahābhārata organizes moral and dynastic history: Śakuntalā’s episode is presented not as an isolated romance but as part of the foundational lineage narrative (sambhava) that undergirds later duties of kingship and dharma.
This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it marks the end of the seventy-first adhyāya within the Śakuntalā episode, located in the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva.