Shloka 161

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि महेश्वरमाहात्म्यं नाम एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maheśvaramāhātmyaṃ nāma ekaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతము అనుశాసనపర్వమునందలి దానధర్మపర్వములో ‘మహేశ్వరమాహాత్మ్యము’ అను నామముగల నూట అరవై ఒకటవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महेश्वरमाहात्म्यम्: the greatness/glory of Maheshvara
• महेश्वरमाहात्म्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरमाहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-sixty-first
• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a new doctrinal statement: it frames the preceding material as instruction in dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and as a māhātmya (glorification) of Maheśvara (Śiva), signaling that generosity and devotion are being presented as central virtues within this section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter formally concludes. The text identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parva), the chapter’s title/theme (Maheśvara-māhātmya), and its ordinal number (161st), marking the end of that adhyāya.