Shloka 104
सगरोपाख्यानम् (Sagara-Upākhyāna): Śiva’s boon and the extraordinary birth of Sagara’s progeny
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायामगस्त्योदधिगमने चतुरधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyām agastyodadhigamane caturadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-isang daan at ikaapat na kabanata ng Vana Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa bahaging Tīrtha-yātrā—ang salaysay ni Lomaśa tungkol sa mga paglalakbay sa mga banal na pook—hinggil sa pagdating ni Agastya sa karagatan.
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the preceding narrative as part of a dharma-centered pilgrimage tradition: tīrtha-yātrā is presented not merely as travel but as disciplined moral cultivation, and the deeds of sages like Agastya function as exemplars of tapas, restraint, and righteous purpose.
This is the chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the 104th chapter of the Vana Parva (within the Tīrthayātrā-parvan, in Lomaśa’s pilgrimage narration) has concluded, and it identifies the chapter’s theme as Agastya’s reaching/engagement with the ocean.