Shloka 118
Prabhāsa-tīrthe Vṛṣṇi–Pāṇḍava-saṅgamaḥ; Halī Rāmasya dharma-vimarśaḥ
Meeting at Prabhāsa and Balarāma’s Reflection on Dharma
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशतीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें प्रभासक्षेत्रके भीतर यादव-पाण्डव-समायगमविषयक एक सौ अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata-tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśa-tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Prabhāsa-kṣetrasya bhitare Yādava-Pāṇḍava-samāgama-viṣayaka ekaśata-aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus ends the one hundred and eighteenth chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Tīrthayātrā Parva, in the context of Lomasha’s pilgrimage narrative—describing the meeting of the Yādavas and the Pāṇḍavas in the sacred region of Prabhāsa. The closing formula signals a completed unit of narration, framing pilgrimage as a moral and spiritual setting where alliances, kinship, and dharma-oriented reflection are foregrounded.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter-ending colophon frames the pilgrimage setting as a dharmic space: sacred travel (tīrthayātrā) is presented as a context for moral reflection, purification, and the reaffirmation of right conduct and relationships, even amid political tensions.
This is a concluding notice stating that the 118th chapter—about the Yādava–Pāṇḍava meeting within the Prabhāsa sacred region, narrated in the course of Lomasha’s pilgrimage account—has been completed.