Svargarohana Parva

The Svargarohana Parva describes the arrival of Yudhishthira to heaven, his visit to hell, and what he finds in both places.

He then asks for a visit to hell, where he finds people whom he had thought were good and virtuous on earth.

Two translations from 19th century, now in public domain, are those by Kisari Mohan Ganguli[1] and Manmatha Nath Dutt.

[5] The entire parva has been "transcreated" and translated in verse by the poet Dr. Purushottama Lal published by Writers Workshop.

Svargarohana Parva is significant for claiming Vyasa as the creator of a poem with 6,000,000 verses with all the eternal knowledge there is.

[1][6] Chapter 4 of Svargarohana Parva is also significant for claiming Krishna in the form of Brahman.

[7] In Anushasana Parva, Krishna was declared to be a form of Vishnu and of Shiva.