Shloka 87
Śrāddha-pravṛtti-kathana and Varjya-dravya-nirdeśa
Origin and Prohibitions in Śrāddha
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक सतासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargataṁ dānadharmaparvaṇe śrāddhakalpaviṣayaka saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Assim, no Anuśāsana Parva do venerando Mahābhārata, chega ao fim o octogésimo sétimo capítulo da seção Dāna-dharma, que trata do procedimento correto dos ritos de śrāddha.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter on śrāddha-vidhi (the proper rules for ancestral rites) within the broader instruction on dāna-dharma, emphasizing that ritual duty toward ancestors is treated as an ethical-religious obligation within dharma.
The text signals the end of the eighty-seventh chapter of the Dāna-dharma section inside Anuśāsana Parva. Although attributed to Bhīṣma in the framing dialogue, this particular sentence is an editorial/sectional closing statement rather than a spoken instruction.