Shloka 284
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वनें दक्षद्रवार काथित शिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रविषयक दो सौ चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dakṣa-dvāra-kathita-śiva-sahasranāma-stotra-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Ainsi, dans le vénérable Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section du Mokṣa-dharma—s’achève le deux cent quatre-vingt-quatrième chapitre, consacré à l’hymne des mille noms de Śiva, tel qu’il est rapporté dans le récit lié à Dakṣa. La formule finale marque la clôture d’un ensemble d’enseignements dévotionnels et éthiques, mettant l’accent sur la révérence, la purification intérieure et la quête de la délivrance par la louange sacrée.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s colophon indicates a teaching unit centered on Śiva’s sahasranāma (thousand names), presenting devotion and sacred praise as a dharmic means for inner purification and orientation toward mokṣa (liberation), consistent with the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva.
This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, within the Mokṣa-dharma portion, has concluded a chapter whose subject is the Śiva-sahasranāma hymn, connected with an account involving Dakṣa.