Shloka 113
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीमपराक्रमे त्रयोदशाधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīmaparākrame trayodaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma—this concludes the one-hundred-and-thirteenth chapter, describing Bhīma’s mighty valor. (A colophon marking the end of the chapter.)
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s careful narrative organization—parva, sub-parva, and chapter—framing heroic action (Bhīma’s valor) within the larger ethical gravity of the war and the pivotal fall of Bhīṣma.
The text is concluding a chapter: it signals that the chapter describing Bhīma’s prowess, situated within the Bhīṣma Parva and the Bhīṣma-vadha section, has ended.