Shloka 190

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

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Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें भविष्यवर्णनणविषयक एक सौ नब्बेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṁ mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi bhaviṣyavarṇana-viṣayaka ekaśata-nabbevāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o capítulo centésimo nonagésimo segundo do Vana Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, na seção Mārkaṇḍeya-Samāsya, referente à descrição do que está por vir.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वके: in the Vana-parva
• वनपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्व: in the Markandeya-samasya section/parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भविष्यवर्णनविषयक: concerning the description of the future
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भविष्यवर्णनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नवति: ninety
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was completed/ended
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line primarily serves as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata self-organizes its narrative into parvas and adhyāyas, and it frames the preceding material as a purposeful account concerning future events (bhaviṣya-varṇana).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: it announces that the 192nd chapter of the Vana Parva—within the Markandeya-Samāsya section, focused on describing future developments—has been completed.