Shloka 333
नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकोत्पतनसमाप्तिरनाम त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukotpatanasamāptir nāma trayastriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section—ends the chapter entitled “The Conclusion of Śuka’s Departure (Flight/Ascent),” being the three-hundred-and-thirty-third chapter.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a Mokṣa-dharma chapter centered on Śuka, whose departure/ascent functions as a narrative emblem of liberation—transcending worldly ties and culminating in spiritual consummation.
The text is formally closing a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, titled “Śukotpatanasamāpti.” It marks the end of the episode/discourse concerning Śuka’s departure (utpatana) and the completion of that chapter’s instruction.