Shloka 339
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें नारययणका माहात्म्यविषयक तीन सौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antargata-mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇasya māhātmyaviṣayakaḥ trīśat-ūnatriṁśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Assim termina o capítulo trezentos e trinta e nove da seção Mokṣadharma, dentro do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, capítulo dedicado a proclamar a grandeza de Nārāyaṇa. A narrativa se encerra enquadrando o ensinamento voltado à libertação na devoção e na reverência ao princípio divino supremo.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is Nārāyaṇa’s māhātmya—affirming the supreme divine reality as central to liberation-oriented dharma (mokṣadharma), where devotion and right understanding support the pursuit of mokṣa.
This is a concluding statement (colophon) marking the completion of a chapter within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, identifying its subject as the glorification of Nārāyaṇa and formally closing the chapter.