Shloka 223
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानप्रकरणमें स्कन्दकी उत्पत्तिके विषयमें केशिपराभवविषयक दो यौ तेईसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata-Vanaparvaṇi antargata-Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Āṅgirasopākhyānaprakaraṇe Skandasya utpattiviṣaye Keśiparābhavaviṣayakaḥ dviśatatritīyaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.
Assim termina o capítulo duzentésimo vigésimo terceiro do Vana Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, na subseção Markandeya Samasya, no episódio do relato Āṅgirasa—sobre o nascimento de Skanda e, em particular, o tema da derrota de Keśi. Este colofão formal assinala a conclusão desta porção da história sagrada.
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches attentiveness to textual structure: it signals the completion of a doctrinally and ethically charged mythic unit—Skanda’s origin and the defeat of a hostile force—reinforcing the epic pattern that righteous, divinely aligned order ultimately overcomes disruptive power.
This line is not a spoken narrative event but an editorial/recitational closure: it announces that the chapter dealing with Skanda’s birth and the topic of Keśi’s defeat—within the Markandeya-related embedded tale (Āṅgirasa upākhyāna) of the Vana Parva—has ended.