Shloka 232

चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रसंगर्में कार्तिकेयस्घुतिविषयक दो सौ बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvake antargata Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Āṅgirasopākhyānaprasaṅge Kārtikeyastutiviṣayaka dviśata-dvātriṃśattamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Markandeya Summary Section, in the context of the Āṅgirasa episode, the 232nd chapter—concerning the hymn of praise to Kārtikeya—comes to its conclusion.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasya-parvan (section)

आङ्गिरसोपाख्यानस्यof the Angirasa-episode (upakhyana)

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

कार्तिकेयस्तुतिविषयकःhaving as its subject the praise of Kartikeya

द्विशतद्वात्रिंशत्तमःtwo-hundred-and-thirty-second

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Āṅgirasa (Aṅgiras lineage/episode)

Kārtikeya (Skanda)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not present a new doctrinal teaching; it highlights the importance of devotional praise (stuti) and signals that the preceding material belongs to an exemplary, faith-oriented narrative unit within the larger ethical world of the Mahābhārata.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s line serves as an editorial/narrative closure: it announces that the chapter dealing with the praise of Kārtikeya, situated within the Āṅgirasa episode inside the Markandeya section of the Vana Parva, has ended.