Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 123
Umā’s Inquiry and the Manifestation of the Third Eye (उमा–प्रश्नः तृतीयनेत्रोत्पत्तिः)
इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि शाण्डिलीसुमनासंवादे त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śāṇḍilī-sumanā-saṃvāde trayoviṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of giving—ends the one-hundred-and-twenty-third chapter, presented as the dialogue between Śāṇḍilī and Sumanas.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma section; it frames the teaching context as instruction on righteous giving (dāna) conveyed through the Śāṇḍilī–Sumanas dialogue.
Bhīṣma’s discourse (as the overarching speaker in this parva) reaches a chapter boundary: the text formally announces that the 123rd chapter of the Anuśāsana Parva—cast as the conversation between Śāṇḍilī and Sumanas—has concluded.