Shloka 339
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें नारययणका माहात्म्यविषयक तीन सौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antargata-mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇasya māhātmyaviṣayakaḥ trīśat-ūnatriṁśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus ends the three-hundred-and-thirty-ninth chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, a chapter devoted to proclaiming the greatness of Nārāyaṇa. The narrative closes by framing liberation-oriented teaching within devotion and reverence for the supreme divine principle.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is Nārāyaṇa’s māhātmya—affirming the supreme divine reality as central to liberation-oriented dharma (mokṣadharma), where devotion and right understanding support the pursuit of mokṣa.
This is a concluding statement (colophon) marking the completion of a chapter within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, identifying its subject as the glorification of Nārāyaṇa and formally closing the chapter.