Shloka 31
राजधर्मः, दण्डनीतिः, कर्तृत्व-विचारः च
Royal Duty, Lawful Discipline, and the Question of Agency
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें स्वर्णछ्ीवीके जन्मका उपाख्यानविषयक इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate rāja-dharmānuśāsana-parvaṇi svarṇacchīvī-janmopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the thirty-first chapter in the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the instruction of royal dharma, dealing with the episode concerning the birth of Svarṇacchīvī.
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter situated within teachings on rāja-dharma (royal duty). It indicates that the surrounding material uses an upākhyāna—an illustrative narrative about Svarṇacchīvī’s birth—to convey ethical and practical guidance for rulers.
No new narrative action occurs here; it formally concludes the chapter. It identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva, within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section) and names the chapter’s topic as the episode concerning Svarṇacchīvī’s birth.