Having finished all the Parvas, one versed in the scriptures, dressing himself in while wearing garlands, decked with ornaments, and properly purified, should place a copy of the Mahabharata on an auspicious sport and cover it with a piece of silken cloth and adore it, according to due rites, with scents and garlands, offering each at a time.
समाप्य सर्वाः प्रयत: संहिताः शास्त्रकोविदः। शुभे देशे निवेश्याथ क्षौमवस्त्राभिसंवृताः॥ शुक्लाम्बरधरः स्रग्वी शुचिर्भूत्वा स्वलंकृतः।