Shloka 284
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वनें दक्षद्रवार काथित शिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रविषयक दो सौ चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dakṣa-dvāra-kathita-śiva-sahasranāma-stotra-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि दक्षसम्बन्धे आख्याने देवदेवस्य शिवस्य सहस्रनामस्तोत्रविषयको द्विशतचतुरशीतितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s colophon indicates a teaching unit centered on Śiva’s sahasranāma (thousand names), presenting devotion and sacred praise as a dharmic means for inner purification and orientation toward mokṣa (liberation), consistent with the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva.
This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, within the Mokṣa-dharma portion, has concluded a chapter whose subject is the Śiva-sahasranāma hymn, connected with an account involving Dakṣa.