Shloka 95
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्चमें लोमश-ती ्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें गयके यज्ञका वर्णन'-विषयक पंचानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvake antargata tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśa-tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Gayā-yajñasya varṇana-viṣayakaḥ pañcanavattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the pilgrimage section (Tīrthayātrā Parva), in the course of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narrative, the ninety-fifth chapter—whose subject is the description of the sacrifice at Gayā—comes to an end.
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The colophon highlights tīrthayātrā and yajña as dharmic disciplines: sacred places and properly performed rites are portrayed as supports for moral order, inner purification, and continuity of tradition.
This is a chapter-ending colophon stating that the chapter describing the sacrifice at Gayā—told within Lomasha’s pilgrimage account in the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva—has concluded.