Shloka 294

Yakṣa-saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Interrogation at the Guarded Water

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत पतित्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वमें सावित्री- उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata pativratā-māhātmya-parva-meṃ Sāvitrī-upākhyāna-viṣayaka do sau caurānabevāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā.

Translation

Thus concludes the two hundred and ninety-fourth chapter of the Savitri episode, within the ‘Glory of the Pativrata’ section of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata. The narration, spoken by Mārkaṇḍeya, closes this chapter by affirming the exemplary power of a devoted wife’s dharma as a moral ideal.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded / contained

पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the greatness of wifely fidelity

सावित्र्युपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the Savitri-episode

द्विशतचतुरनवतितमःtwo hundred ninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted / concluded

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Pativratā-māhātmya Parva

Sāvitrī-upākhyāna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of a chapter within the Savitri episode, framed as a celebration of pativrata-dharma—steadfast marital fidelity and moral resolve—presented as an ethical exemplar.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding notice (colophon) stating that the 294th chapter of the Savitri-related sub-tale, situated in the Pativrata-mahatmya section of the Vana Parva, has ended, with Mārkaṇḍeya as the speaker.