Shloka 85

दक्षिणदिशि तीर्थवर्णनम्

Southern Tīrthas: Godāvarī to Dvāravatī

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें महार्षि पुलस्त्यकी तीर्थयात्राके सम्बन्धरें नारदवाक्यविषयक पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi maharṣi pulastyakī tīrthayātrā-sambandhe nāradavākya-viṣayakaḥ pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील तीर्थयात्रापर्वात, महर्षि पुलस्त्यांच्या तीर्थयात्रेच्या प्रसंगासंबंधी नारदवाक्यविषयक पंच्याऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra Parva

महर्षेःof the great sage

पुलस्त्यस्यof Pulastya

तीर्थयात्रायाःof the pilgrimage

सम्बन्धेin connection with

नारदवाक्यविषयकेhaving Narada's speech as its subject

पञ्चाशीतमःeighty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Maharṣi Pulastya

Nārada

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals closure and emphasizes the dharmic value of tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) as a recognized path of merit, framed through authoritative sages (Pulastya and Nārada) within the epic’s tradition of ethical instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of the eighty-fifth chapter of the Tīrthayātrā Parva within the Vana Parva, indicating that the portion dealing with Nārada’s words connected to Pulastya’s pilgrimage account has concluded.