Shloka 79

Puṣkara-Tīrtha-Māhātmya and the Phala of Pilgrimage

Nārada–Yudhiṣṭhira; Pulastya–Bhīṣma Transmission

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें ब॒हदश्षयमनविषयक उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata nalopākhyāna-parva-meṃ bṛhadaśvayamanaviṣayaka unyāsīvāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

Thus ends the seventy-ninth chapter on the theme of Bṛhadaśva and Yama, within the Nala episode of the Vana Parva of the revered Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Nalopakhyana section
• नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बृहदश्वेयम्: pertaining to Brihadashva
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहदश्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनविषयक: having as its topic/subject
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकोनाशीतितमः: seventy-ninth (lit. one-less-than-eighty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nalopākhyāna
• Bṛhadaśva
• Yama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it does not present a new doctrinal teaching, but situates the reader within the Mahābhārata’s structure—Vana Parva, within the Nalopākhyāna section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses: the text signals that the chapter has concluded, identifying its placement (within Vana Parva and the Nala episode) and its stated subject matter (Bṛhadaśva and Yama).