Shloka 294

Yakṣa-saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Interrogation at the Guarded Water

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत पतित्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वमें सावित्री- उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata pativratā-māhātmya-parva-meṃ Sāvitrī-upākhyāna-viṣayaka do sau caurānabevāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā.

Translation

Thus concludes the two hundred and ninety-fourth chapter of the Sāvitrī episode, within the “Glory of the Pativratā” section of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded / contained

पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the greatness of wifely fidelity

सावित्र्युपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the Savitri-episode

द्विशतचतुरनवतितमःtwo hundred ninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted / concluded

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Pativratā-māhātmya Parva

Sāvitrī-upākhyāna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of a chapter within the Savitri episode, framed as a celebration of pativrata-dharma—steadfast marital fidelity and moral resolve—presented as an ethical exemplar.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding notice (colophon) stating that the 294th chapter of the Savitri-related sub-tale, situated in the Pativrata-mahatmya section of the Vana Parva, has ended, with Mārkaṇḍeya as the speaker.