Shloka 121
Gaya’s Seven Aśvamedhas, Payoṣṇī Snāna, and the Śaryāti Sacrifice Locale
Lomaśa–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां सौकन्ये एकविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ saukanye ekaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-first chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Pilgrimage section (Tīrthayātrā Parva), in the account of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage, in the episode concerning Sukanyā. This is a closing colophon marking the end of the chapter, not a spoken verse of instruction.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon, not a didactic utterance. Its function is textual: it situates the reader within the Mahābhārata’s structure (parva, sub-parva/section, and episode), reinforcing the importance of orderly transmission and contextual reading—an ethical discipline of study (svādhyāya) rather than a direct moral injunction.
The chapter concludes. The colophon states that the narrative belongs to the Vana Parva, specifically the pilgrimage section narrated in connection with the sage Lomāśa, and that the present chapter pertains to the Sukanyā episode.