Shloka 297

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वमें सावित्री- उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ सत्तानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata pativratā-māhātmya-parvaṇi Sāvitrī-upākhyāna-viṣayaka dvi-śata-saptāna-śītitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਵਨਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਪਤਿਵ੍ਰਤਾ-ਮਾਹਾਤਮ੍ਯ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਵਿਤ੍ਰੀ-ਉਪਾਖਿਆਨ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਦੋ ਸੌ ਸਤਾਨਵੇਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਦੀ ਸਮਾਪਤੀ ਹੋਈ।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वin the 'Glory of the devoted wife' parvan/section

सावित्रीSāvitrī

उपाख्यानविषयकconcerning the episode/narrative

द्विशतसप्तनवतितमःtwo hundred ninety-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/has been (completed)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)

श

श्रीमहाभारत (Śrīmahābhārata)

व

वनपर्व (Vana Parva)

प

पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्व (Pativratā-māhātmya-parvan)

स

सावित्री-उपाख्यान (Sāvitrī-upākhyāna)

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 signals the completion of the Savitrī narrative within the Pativratā-māhātmya section, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s ethical emphasis on dharmic steadfastness and the ideal of devoted fidelity (pativratā) as a transformative moral force.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding editorial-style statement (colophon) marking that the chapter dealing with the Savitrī episode has ended within Vana Parva’s Pativratā-māhātmya section, attributed in the frame to Mārkaṇḍeya as speaker.