The number of chapters in it is forty two and the number of slokas, composed by the great Rishi, learned in truth, is one thousand five hundred and six. Then is told the terrible Mausala Parva.
द्विचत्वारिंशदध्यायाः पर्वैतदभिसंख्यया। सहस्रमेकं श्लोकानां पञ्च श्लोकशतानि च॥ घडेव च तथा श्लोकाः संख्यातास्तत्त्वदर्शिना। अतः परं निबोधेदं मौसलं पर्व दारुणम्॥