Shloka 91
प्रतीप–गङ्गा संवादः तथा शंतनु–गङ्गा विवाहशर्तिः
Pratīpa and Gaṅgā; Śaṃtanu’s marriage condition
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि उत्तरयायाते एकनवतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ९१३१ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत यम्थवपर्वमें उत्तरयायातविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi uttarayāyāte ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
Thus ends the ninety-first chapter on the theme of “Uttarayāyāta” within the Sambhava section of the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata.
अद्टक उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon, not a didactic verse: it signals the completion of a chapter and preserves the work’s internal organization (parva, sub-parva/theme, and chapter number), reflecting the tradition’s concern for accurate transmission and referencing.
No narrative action occurs here. The text is formally closing the chapter identified as the ninety-first, associated with the theme/title “Uttarayāyāta,” within the Sambhava Parvan of the Ādi Parva.