Shloka 228

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आड्िरसे कुमारोत्पत्तौ अष्टाविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āḍirase kumārotpattau aṣṭāviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section summarizing Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration, in the episode concerning the birth of the Kumāra (Skanda), ends the two-hundred-and-twenty-eighth chapter. The colophon formally closes the chapter, situating the teaching within Mārkaṇḍeya’s authoritative discourse and the sacred narrative of divine origins.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasyā-parvan (sub-section)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आडिरसे: in (the section concerning) Āḍirasa
• आडिरसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आडिरस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कुमारोत्पत्तौ: in the birth/origin of Kumāra (Skanda)
• कुमारोत्पत्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारोत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the 228th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंशति-अधिक-द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Kumāra (Skanda/Kārttikeya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: its function is to authenticate and locate the narrative within the Mahābhārata’s structure. Ethically, it underscores the tradition’s emphasis on reliable transmission—wisdom is framed as coming through recognized sages (here, Mārkaṇḍeya) and carefully preserved textual divisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter is being formally concluded. The colophon states that, within the Vana Parva and within the section associated with Mārkaṇḍeya’s summarized narration, the episode concerning the birth/origin of the Kumāra has reached the end of the chapter (counted here as the 228th).