Shloka 183

Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि तयशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें एक सौ तिरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi trayāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ವನಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯಸಮಾಸ್ಯಾಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರ ಎಂಭತ್ತಮೂರನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspicious; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रयशीत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred and eighty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to authenticate and locate the narrative within the epic’s structure (parva and internal sub-section), emphasizing the traditional framing through which dharmic instruction is transmitted.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the chapter is declared complete within Vana Parva, under the Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-division, marking a transition to the next chapter or section.