Shloka 332
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवजीका ऊर्ध्वगमनविषयक तीन सौ बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata mokṣadharmaparva-meṁ śukadevajī-kā ūrdhvagamanaviṣayaka trīśata battīsavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā
Thus concludes the three-hundred-and-thirty-second chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, describing Śuka’s upward ascent.
शुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not add new doctrine but frames the chapter’s focus: Śuka’s ‘upward ascent’ as an emblem of mokṣa—liberation through detachment, inner realization, and transcendence beyond worldly duties.
The text is formally closing the chapter, stating that within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, the chapter dealing with Śukadeva’s ascent has been completed.