Shloka 247
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवका अनुप्रश्नविषयक दो सौ सैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukadevasya anupraśna-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-saptacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon highlights the pedagogical value of anu-praśna—follow-up questioning—as part of the discipline of mokṣa-oriented learning: understanding is refined through inquiry, clarification, and completion of a structured teaching unit.
This is an editorial/narrative closing statement marking that the 247th chapter of Mokṣadharma within Śānti Parva has concluded, specifically the chapter whose topic is Śukadeva’s supplementary questions.