Shloka 331
पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवका प्रस्थानविषयक तीन सौ इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Mokṣadharmaparvaṇi Śukadevasya prasthāna-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-eka-triṃśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus ends the three-hundred-and-thirty-first chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the great Mahābhārata, dealing with Śukadeva’s departure.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line chiefly marks completion, but it frames the chapter’s ethical thrust: Mokṣadharma emphasizes liberation-oriented dharma—detachment, inner freedom, and the renunciant ideal—here highlighted through the theme of Śukadeva’s departure.
The text is not a spoken verse but an editorial/narrative closing formula indicating that the chapter on Śukadeva’s departure within the Mokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva has concluded.