Great Rishis, the great Vyasa has composed this Parva in one hundred and eighty six chapters. The number of slokas composed in it by the great Rishi is six thousand six hundred and ninety eight.
अध्यायानां शतं प्रोक्तं षडशीतिर्महर्षिणा। श्लोकानां षट्सहस्राणि तावन्त्येव शतानि च॥ श्लोकाच नवतिः प्रोक्तास्तथैवाष्टौ महात्मना। व्यासेनोदारमतिना पर्वण्यस्मिंस्तपोधनाः॥