Shloka 354
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ चौवनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata gokṣadharma-parva-meṁ ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayaka trī-śata catuḥ-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि गोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्झवृत्तिकोपाख्याने चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः॥
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Gokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as an ethical-didactic upākhyāna (illustrative tale) connected with dharma.
The narrator marks the formal end of the chapter: the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva continues, and this particular adhyāya—focused on the Ujjhavṛttikā episode within Gokṣadharma Parva—is declared complete.