Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’
Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें नारयायणकी मह्दिमाका वर्णनविषयक तीन सौ सैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antargata-mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇasya māhātmyavarṇana-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-saptatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus ends the three hundred and thirty-seventh chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, a chapter devoted to describing the greatness of Nārāyaṇa.
भीष्म उवाच
The chapter’s stated focus is the māhātmya (greatness) of Nārāyaṇa within Mokṣadharma, reinforcing devotion and contemplation of the supreme as a liberation-oriented ethical and spiritual anchor.
This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter on describing Nārāyaṇa’s greatness—within Mokṣadharma of the Śānti Parva—has been completed, marking the end of that unit of discourse attributed to Bhīṣma.