Shloka 92

Tīrtha-yātrā: Prayāga-saṅgama and Gayaśiras—Rājarṣi Gaya’s Mahāyajña

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्चमें लोमशतीर्थयात्राविषयक बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśa-tīrthayātrā-viṣayakaḥ trayanavaty-adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील तीर्थयात्रापर्वात लोमश-तीर्थयात्राविषयक त्र्याण्णवावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वin the Tirtha-yatra section (pilgrimage episode)

लोमशतीर्थयात्राविषयकconcerning Lomasha's pilgrimage

द्वानविंशतितमःtwenty-second

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the importance of tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) as a dharmic practice associated with inner purification and the preservation of sacred tradition through structured narration.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a formal closing statement marking the end of the ninety-third chapter in the Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section, indicating that the chapter’s subject—Lomāśa’s account related to pilgrimage—has been completed.