Shloka 16
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें मेघवाहनपर्वकी कथाविषयक सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,प्रयत्नेनाधिगन्तव्यं धार्य च प्रयतात्मना । माड़ल्यं पौष्टिकं चैव रक्षोघ्नं पावनं महत्
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi meghavāhanaparvaṇī kathāviṣayaka ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ | prayatnenādhigantavyaṃ dhāryaṃ ca prayatātmanā | māḍalyaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ caiva rakṣoghnaṃ pāvanaṃ mahat ||
Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, concerned with the narrative of the Meghavāhana episode, within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata. One should earnestly seek it and carefully preserve it, with the self held in restraint. It is said to bring well-being and nourishment, to ward off harmful forces, and to be greatly purifying; therefore it is of high value on the path of dharma, especially in matters of giving and righteous conduct.
वायुदेव उवाच