Shloka 306
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपववके अन्तर्गत कुण्डलाहरणपर्वमें यूर्यका आवाहनविषयक तीन सौ छठाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antar-gate kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūryasyāvāhana-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-ṣaṣṭhatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus ends the three hundred and sixth chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the episode known as the ‘Abduction of the Earrings’, dealing with the invocation of the Sun. The closing formula marks the completion of this section, framing the narrative as a purposeful, ethically charged episode in which divine address and human resolve are brought into focus.
सूर्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the epic frames events within a dharmic narrative: divine invocation (āvāhana) is presented as meaningful context for human action, and the formal closure signals that the episode is to be read as a coherent moral and narrative unit.
This is not a spoken dialogue verse but an editorial/narrative closing line stating that the chapter dealing with the invocation of Sūrya, within the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa episode of the Vana Parva, has ended.