Shloka 297
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वमें सावित्री- उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ सत्तानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata pativratā-māhātmya-parvaṇi Sāvitrī-upākhyāna-viṣayaka dvi-śata-saptāna-śītitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus ends the two-hundred-and-ninety-seventh chapter of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the section on the greatness of the devoted wife (Pativratā-māhātmya), dealing with the Savitrī episode. The closing formula affirms the ideal upheld by the tale: steadfast marital fidelity and dharmic resolve as a wellspring of spiritual power.
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The colophon signals the completion of the Savitrī narrative within the Pativratā-māhātmya section, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s ethical emphasis on dharmic steadfastness and the ideal of devoted fidelity (pativratā) as a transformative moral force.
This line is a concluding editorial-style statement (colophon) marking that the chapter dealing with the Savitrī episode has ended within Vana Parva’s Pativratā-māhātmya section, attributed in the frame to Mārkaṇḍeya as speaker.