इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne saptacatvāriṁśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในศานติปรวะ ตอนโมกษธรรมปรวะ ในบริบทคำถามของศุกะ บทที่สองร้อยสี่สิบเจ็ด จบลงเพียงนี้.
व्यास उवाच
This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it formally signals the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva, framing the surrounding material as liberation-oriented instruction presented in the setting of Śuka’s questioning.
The text is closing a chapter: the narrator/editorial voice marks that the discourse connected with Śuka’s inquiry has reached the end of the 247th chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma section of the Śānti Parva.