Shloka 134
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि स्कन्ददेवरहस्ये चतुस्त्रिंशयदाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi skandadevarahasye catuḥstriṁśayadādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
یہ شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو میں دان دھرم پَرو کے تحت، اسکند دیو کے راز سے متعلق ایک سو انتالیسواں باب ہے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the chapter as part of the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva, specifically within teachings on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and a ‘rahasya’ connected with Skanda. Its function is to locate the instruction within a moral-religious curriculum centered on righteous generosity and sacred counsel.
The chapter concludes. The text signals closure—‘thus’—and identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (dāna-dharma), the sub-topic (Skanda-deva-rahasya), and the chapter number (139).