Thus is described the sixteenth Parva, called Mausala Parva. Its number of chapters is eight and the number of slokas, composed by Vyasa, learned in truth, is three hundred and twenty. The next is Mahaprasthanika, the seventeenth Parva.
इत्येतन्मौसलं पर्व षोडशं परिकीर्तितम्। अध्यायाष्टौ समाख्याताः श्लोकानां च शतत्रयम्।। श्लोकानां विंशतिश्चैव संख्याता तत्त्वदर्शिना। महाप्रस्थानिकं तस्मादूर्ध्वं सप्तदशं स्मृतम्॥