Shloka 56
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यं सावित्रयाश्वैवमद्भुतम् । रामोपाख्यानमत्रैव पर्व ज्ञेयमत: परम्,इसके बाद पतित्रता सावित्रीके पातिव्रत्यका अदभुत माहात्म्य है। फिर इसी स्थानपर रामोपाख्यानपर्व जानना चाहिये
pativratāyā māhātmyaṃ sāvitrayāś caivam adbhutam | rāmopākhyānam atraiva parva jñeyam ataḥ param ||
यानंतर पतिव्रता सावित्रीच्या अद्भुत पातिव्रत्य-माहात्म्याचे वर्णन आहे। पुढे याच ठिकाणी ‘रामोपाख्यान’ पर्व जाणावे।
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to two exemplary models of dharma taught through narrative: the ideal of pativratā-dharma (steadfast marital fidelity and duty) exemplified by Sāvitrī, and the ethical exemplar of Rāma presented through the Rāmopākhyāna. The implied lesson is that dharma is best grasped not only through rules but through lived examples of virtue under trial.
The speaker is indicating the sequence of topics to be learned next: first, the marvelous account praising Sāvitrī’s devotion to her husband, and then, in the same narrative setting, the episode called the Rāmopākhyāna. It functions like a guidepost within the text, directing the listener/reader to upcoming exemplary sections.