Shloka 95
अगस्त्यस्य वित्तयाचनं तथा इल्वलोपभिक्षणनिर्णयः
Agastya’s request for wealth and the decision to seek resources from Ilvala
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्चमें लोमश-ती ्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें गयके यज्ञका वर्णन'-विषयक पंचानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvake antargata tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśa-tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Gayā-yajñasya varṇana-viṣayakaḥ pañcanavattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the section on pilgrimage, in the context of Lomasha’s pilgrimage narrative, the ninety-fifth chapter—whose subject is the description of the sacrifice at Gayā—comes to an end. The closing note frames pilgrimage as a dharmic practice: sacred travel and ritual are presented as means of purification, remembrance of exemplary rites, and reinforcement of ethical order through reverence for holy places and prescribed acts.
शमठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon highlights tīrthayātrā and yajña as dharmic disciplines: sacred places and properly performed rites are portrayed as supports for moral order, inner purification, and continuity of tradition.
This is a chapter-ending colophon stating that the chapter describing the sacrifice at Gayā—told within Lomasha’s pilgrimage account in the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva—has concluded.