Shloka 100
Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्यवधपर्वमें अलग्बुष और अभिमनन््युका संग्रामविषयक सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Bhīṣmaparvaṇi antargate Bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi Alambuṣa-Abhimanyus-saṅgrāmaviṣayakaḥ śatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Sañjaya berkata: Demikianlah berakhir bab yang keseratus dalam Bhīṣma Parva Mahābhārata yang suci, dalam bahagian mengenai gugurnya Bhīṣma, yang menghuraikan pertempuran antara Alambuṣa dan Abhimanyu.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical gravity of war by formally closing an episode of combat, reminding the reader that each battle is a discrete moral and narrative unit within the larger dharma-struggle of the Kurukṣetra war.
Sanjaya signals the completion of the hundredth chapter describing the battle involving Alambuṣa and Abhimanyu, and situates it within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically within the Bhīṣma-vadha section—serving as an editorial/narrative closure marker.