Shloka 412
Vasiṣṭhāpavāha: Sarasvatī’s Diversion and Viśvāmitra’s Curse (वसिष्ठापवाहः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शल्यपर्वणि गदापर्वणि बलदेवतीर्थयात्रायां सारस्वतोपाख्याने एकचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय
iti śrīmahābhārate śalyaparvaṇi gadāparvaṇi baladevatīrthayātrāyāṃ sārasvatopākhyāne ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the forty-first chapter in the Śalya Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata—within the section concerning the mace (Gadāparvan), in the account of Baladeva’s pilgrimage to sacred fords, specifically in the episode known as the Sārasvata narrative. The colophon marks the close of a unit of teaching and remembrance: it frames the preceding narration as part of a larger ethical and ritual landscape, where pilgrimage, sacred geography, and exemplary stories are used to interpret the moral weight of the war and its aftermath.
वैशम्पायन उवाच