Shloka 184
Yugapramāṇa–Kaliyuga-lakṣaṇa–Pralaya-kathā
Markandeya’s Account of Yugas, Kali Signs, and Dissolution
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्यवर्णणविषयक एक सौ चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata-mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparva-me brāhmaṇa-māhātmya-varṇana-viṣayaka eka-śata-caurāśītamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-fourth chapter of the Markandeya Samasya sub-section within the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, a chapter devoted to describing the greatness and sanctity of the brāhmaṇa—underscoring the ethical ideal that reverence for learning, self-restraint, and dharma sustains society even amid hardship.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a concluding colophon, the line signals that the chapter’s subject is brāhmaṇa-māhātmya—affirming the ethical value of learning, self-discipline, truthfulness, and dharma as foundations of social order and spiritual merit.
This is not a spoken narrative verse but an editorial/colophon-style closure stating that the 184th chapter—on the theme of the greatness of brāhmaṇas—within the Markandeya-related sub-section of the Vana Parva has been completed.