Shloka 284
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वनें दक्षद्रवार काथित शिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रविषयक दो सौ चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dakṣa-dvāra-kathita-śiva-sahasranāma-stotra-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the Mokṣa-dharma section—the two hundred and eighty-fourth chapter comes to an end, dealing with the hymn of Śiva’s thousand names as narrated in the account connected with Dakṣa. The closing formula signals the completion of a devotional and ethically oriented teaching unit, emphasizing reverence, inner purification, and the pursuit of liberation through sacred praise.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s colophon indicates a teaching unit centered on Śiva’s sahasranāma (thousand names), presenting devotion and sacred praise as a dharmic means for inner purification and orientation toward mokṣa (liberation), consistent with the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva.
This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, within the Mokṣa-dharma portion, has concluded a chapter whose subject is the Śiva-sahasranāma hymn, connected with an account involving Dakṣa.