Shloka 324
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकोत्पत्तौ चतुर्विशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukotpattau caturviśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இதி ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில் மோக்ஷதர்மப் பகுதியில் ‘சுகோத்பத்தி’ எனும் மூன்றுநூற்று இருபத்திநான்காம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it primarily identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma) and the chapter theme (Śuka’s origin). Its ethical context is that the surrounding material belongs to Mokṣa-dharma, where dharma is framed as a path oriented toward liberation.
The chapter concludes. The text formally records that the discourse—attributed in context to Bhīṣma’s instruction—has reached the end of Adhyāya 324, titled “Śukotpatti” (the origin/birth of Śuka), within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva.