Shloka 56
उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानम् — Maṇi-Kuṇḍala Retrieval and Entry into Nāgaloka
Chapter 57
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें उत्तंकके उपाख्यानमें कुण्डलाहरणविषयक छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargate anugītāparvaṇiṃ uttankopākhyāne kuṇḍalāharaṇaviṣayakaḥ ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter on the theme of the removal of the earrings, within the tale of Uttanka in the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a concluding colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly by framing the Uttanka episode as a completed moral unit: it highlights dharma through disciplined obedience (especially to one’s teacher), vigilance against deception, and the ethical weight of actions undertaken to fulfill a duty.
This is the formal end-of-chapter statement: it announces that the fifty-sixth chapter—focused on the taking/removal of the earrings within the Uttanka legend—has concluded, and it locates the episode within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva.