Shloka 81
Kurukṣetra–Sarasvatī Tīrtha-Māhātmya
Pilgrimage Merits and Sacred Geography
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि पार्थनारदसंवादे एकाशीतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें युधिष्टिरनारदसंवादाविषयक इकक््यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi pārthanāradasaṃvāde ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील तीर्थयात्रापर्वात पार्थ-नारद संवादविषयक एक्याऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: its function is to formally close the chapter and locate it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Parva, sub-parva, and dialogue context). The ethical frame implied is that pilgrimage narratives and sage-counsel are presented as vehicles for dharmic reflection.
The text signals the end of the eighty-first chapter of the Tīrtha-yātrā section within Vana Parva, specifying that the chapter belonged to the dialogue between Pārtha (Arjuna) and the sage Nārada.