Shloka 103
सगरोपाख्यानम् (Sagara-Upākhyāna): Śiva’s boon and the extraordinary birth of Sagara’s progeny
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें अगस्त्यमाहात्म्य-वर्णणविषयक एक सौ तीनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṁ tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāke prasaṅge agastyamāhātmya-varṇana-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the Tīrtha-yātrā section, the one-hundred-and-third chapter concludes, describing the greatness of Agastya in the context of Lomaśa’s account of pilgrimage to the sacred fords.
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals the completion of a chapter devoted to Agastya’s māhātmya within a pilgrimage narrative, underscoring the Mahābhārata’s ethic that sacred places and saintly exemplars cultivate merit, restraint, and dharmic orientation through remembrance and narration.
This is a closing colophon: it states that, in the Vana Parva’s Tīrtha-yātrā section, the 103rd chapter—centered on describing Agastya’s greatness in the context of Lomasha’s pilgrimage account—has ended.