Shloka 324
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकोत्पत्तौ चतुर्विशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukotpattau caturviśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di bawah Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Mokṣa-dharma—berakhir bab ke-324 yang bertajuk “Kelahiran/Asal-usul Śuka”.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it primarily identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma) and the chapter theme (Śuka’s origin). Its ethical context is that the surrounding material belongs to Mokṣa-dharma, where dharma is framed as a path oriented toward liberation.
The chapter concludes. The text formally records that the discourse—attributed in context to Bhīṣma’s instruction—has reached the end of Adhyāya 324, titled “Śukotpatti” (the origin/birth of Śuka), within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva.