Shloka 3515
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ पचपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparvaṇi antargata-Gokṣadharmaparvaṇi Ucchavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-pañca-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Assim termina o capítulo trezentos e cinquenta e cinco do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, na seção Gokṣa-dharma, tratando do episódio referente a Ucchavṛttikā. (A fórmula funciona como colofão, marcando a conclusão do capítulo e a transição no discurso sobre o dharma.)
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line itself is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its ethical significance is structural: it closes an illustrative dharma-episode (upākhyāna) and frames the text as a sequence of completed teachings, encouraging attentive, orderly reception of dharma instruction.
The speaker’s line marks the end of a chapter in Śānti Parva—specifically the chapter dealing with the Ucchavṛttikā episode within the Gokṣa-dharma section—signaling that the preceding story/discussion has concluded and the text will move on.