Shloka 190
उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy
Opening
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें भविष्यवर्णनणविषयक एक सौ नब्बेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṁ mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi bhaviṣyavarṇana-viṣayaka ekaśata-nabbevāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ವನಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯಸಮಾಸ್ಯಾಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಭವಿಷ್ಯವರ್ಣನ ವಿಷಯಕ ನೂರ ತೊಂಬತ್ತೆರಡನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line primarily serves as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata self-organizes its narrative into parvas and adhyāyas, and it frames the preceding material as a purposeful account concerning future events (bhaviṣya-varṇana).
The text signals closure: it announces that the 192nd chapter of the Vana Parva—within the Markandeya-Samāsya section, focused on describing future developments—has been completed.