This Story ends with the Uttară. It is held in reverence by Brahmå composed by Vālmīki and passes as the foremost of all under the name of the Ramayana.
एतावदेतदाख्यानं सोत्तरं ब्रह्मपूजितम्। रामायणमिति ख्यातं मुख्यं वाल्मीकिना कृतम्।।१