Shloka 56
उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानम् — Maṇi-Kuṇḍala Retrieval and Entry into Nāgaloka
Chapter 57
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें उत्तंकके उपाख्यानमें कुण्डलाहरणविषयक छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargate anugītāparvaṇiṃ uttankopākhyāne kuṇḍalāharaṇaviṣayakaḥ ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
至此，《神圣摩诃婆罗多》阿湿婆梅陀迦篇之《阿努歌咏》部中，乌坦迦传说里“夺取耳环”一事的第五十六章告终。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a concluding colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly by framing the Uttanka episode as a completed moral unit: it highlights dharma through disciplined obedience (especially to one’s teacher), vigilance against deception, and the ethical weight of actions undertaken to fulfill a duty.
This is the formal end-of-chapter statement: it announces that the fifty-sixth chapter—focused on the taking/removal of the earrings within the Uttanka legend—has concluded, and it locates the episode within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva.