Shloka 137
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशतीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें यवक्रीतोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ सैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargataṁ tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge yavakrītopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-saptatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-seventh chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the pilgrimage section (Tīrtha-yātrā Parva), in the context of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narrative—this chapter being devoted to the episode (upākhyāna) of Yavakrīta.
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata frames moral instruction: an upākhyāna (illustrative tale) is embedded within a larger pilgrimage discourse, signaling that sacred travel is accompanied by ethical reflection and remembered exempla.
The narrator Lomāśa concludes the chapter, stating that the 137th chapter—focused on the Yavakrīta episode within the Tīrtha-yātrā Parva of the Vana Parva—has been completed.