Shloka 224

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रसंगर्ें स्कनन्‍्दकी उत्पत्तिविषयक दो सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata-mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirasa-upākhyāna-prasaṅge skandasya utpatti-viṣayaka dviśata-caturviṁśatitam adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》林居篇（Vana Parva）之马尔坎德耶综述部（Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya）中，安吉罗萨（Āṅgirasa）故事段落里，叙述斯坎达诞生的第二百二十四章告终。叙事者马尔坎德耶标明此一单元的圆满，将其置为林居篇宏大道德与神话训诫中的一则神圣范例。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री-महाभारत: of the revered Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वन-पर्व: in the Vana Parva
• वन-पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्व: in the Markandeya-samasyaparva section
• मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आङ्गिरस-उपाख्यान: of the Angirasa episode
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसङ्गे: in the context
• प्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्कन्द: of Skanda
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उत्पत्ति-विषयक: concerning the origin
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• द्वि-शत: two hundred
• द्वि-शत: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चतुर्विंशतितमः: two hundred twenty-fourth
• चतुर्विंशतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Āṅgirasa (upākhyāna/episode)
• Skanda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches textual framing: sacred narratives are presented in ordered sections, and the completion formula signals closure, aiding memorization, recitation, and the ethical reception of the embedded myth (here, Skanda’s origin) within the larger dharmic discourse of the forest-book.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker Mārkaṇḍeya is not advancing the plot but formally concluding the chapter: it states that the 224th chapter—about Skanda’s birth, occurring in the context of the Āṅgirasa embedded tale within a named sub-section of Vana Parva—has ended.