Shloka 31
Ananta-Śeṣa Tapas and the Bearing of the Earth (अनन्त-शेष-तपस् तथा महीधारणम्)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपवर्में गरुडचरित्र विषयक इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāra śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antar-gate āstīkaparvaṇi garuḍacaritra-viṣayaka ekatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత ఆదిపర్వాంతర్గత ఆస్తీకపర్వములో గరుడచరిత్రవిషయక ఏకత్రింశోధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon-like closure, the verse primarily teaches attentiveness to the epic’s structure: individual episodes (like Garuḍa’s deeds) are embedded within larger moral and genealogical arcs. It reinforces that narratives of liberation, duty, and the results of oaths and hostilities are not isolated tales but parts of a coherent dharmic framework.
The speaker marks the completion of the thirty-first chapter of the Garuḍa-focused episode within the Āstīka Parva of the Ādi Parva. It functions as a formal transition point, indicating that the Garuḍa narrative segment has concluded and the text is moving onward.