Shloka 284

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वनें दक्षद्रवार काथित शिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रविषयक दो सौ चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dakṣa-dvāra-kathita-śiva-sahasranāma-stotra-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଶାନ୍ତିପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ମୋକ୍ଷଧର୍ମପର୍ବରେ, ଦକ୍ଷ-ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ଆଖ୍ୟାନରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣିତ ଶିବସହସ୍ରନାମସ୍ତୋତ୍ରବିଷୟକ ଦୁଇଶେ ଚୌରାଶିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्वके: in the Shanti-parvan of the great Mahabharata
• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्वक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्वणा: by the Moksha-dharma section
• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दक्ष-प्रवरैः: by the excellent/foremost (editors/reciters) Daksha-pravara(s)
• दक्ष-प्रवरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षप्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कथित: narrated/said
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शिव-सहस्र-नाम-स्तोत्र-विषयक: concerning the hymn of Shiva’s thousand names
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रविषयक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि-शत-चतुर्-अशीति-तमः: the 284th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतचतुरशीति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Śiva
• Dakṣa
• Śiva-sahasranāma-stotra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s colophon indicates a teaching unit centered on Śiva’s sahasranāma (thousand names), presenting devotion and sacred praise as a dharmic means for inner purification and orientation toward mokṣa (liberation), consistent with the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, within the Mokṣa-dharma portion, has concluded a chapter whose subject is the Śiva-sahasranāma hymn, connected with an account involving Dakṣa.