Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 136
अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः
Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि प्रायश्ित्तविधिनाम षट्त्रिंशयधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi prāyaścittavidhīnām ṣaṭtriṃśayadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of gifts—this one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth chapter, which sets forth the procedures of expiation.
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter devoted to prāyaścitta—ethical and ritual means of expiation. Its core message is that dharma includes not only right conduct but also structured ways to repair moral and social order after transgression.
The text is concluding a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse (Anuśāsana Parva). Rather than advancing plot, it formally signals the end of the chapter on expiation procedures within the broader discussion of dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving).