The following chapters mention about The Mahabharat Tribes in Shalya Parv. Click the chapter to see details.

• Book IX Chapter 35 -Baldev tracks River Sarasvati, mentions Udapan, Vinashan

• Book IX Chapter 36 - Baadev tracks River Sarasvati, mentions Vinasan where Sarasvati is lost, Subhumik, Gandharvs, Gargasrot, tirth called Sankh, Mohsankh, Yakshs, Vidyadhars, Rakshashs, Pisachs, Siddhs, Dwait lake, tirth called Nagadhanwan, Nag Vasuki, Naimish, Samantapanchak, Valkhilyas and Asmakutts, Dantolakhalins, Samprakshans, Kurukshetra, trees and plants along Sarasvati: Vadari, Ingud, Ksamarya, Plaksh, Aswattha, Vibhitak, Kakkol, Palas, Karir, Pilu, forest of Karushaks, Vilwas, and Amrataks, and Atimukts and Kashands and Parijats.

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• Book IX Chapter 41 - Dispute between Vashishth and Vishvamitra, description of Sarasvati and Sthanu

• Book IX Chapter 42 - Description of River Saraswati

• Book IX Chapter 43 - Birth of Kartikeya or Skand

• Book IX Chapter 44 - List of 330 combatants who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo

• Book IX Chapter 45 - List of the mothers who became companions when Skand was installed

Salya Parv: Summary :

"Then hath been recited the wonderful Parv called Salya. After all the great warriors had been slain, the king of Madra - Shalyabecame the leader of the (Kaurav) army. The encounters one after another, of charioteers, have been here described. Then comes the fall of the great Salya at the hands of Yudhishthir, the Just. Here also is the death of Sakuni in battle at the hands of Sahdev. Upon only a small remnant of the troops remaining alive after the immense slaughter, Duryodhan went to the lake and creating for himself room within its waters lay stretched there for some time. Then is narrated the receipt of this intelligence by Bhim from the fowlers: then is narrated how, moved by the insulting speeches of the intelligent Yudhishthir, Duryodhan ever unable to bear affronts, came out of the waters. Then comes the encounter with clubs, between Duryodhan and Bhim; then the arrival, at the time of such encounter, of Balarama: then is described the sacredness of the Saraswati; then the progress of the encounter with clubs; then the fracture of Duryodhan's thighs in battle by Bhim with (a terrific hurl of) his mace. Birth of Kartikeya or Skand is described and Lists 330 combatants who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo, List of names of the mothers who became the companions of Kumar. These all have been described in the wonderful ninth Parv. In this the number of sections is fifty-nine and the number of slokas composed by the great Vyas--the spreader of the fame of the Kauravs--is three thousand, two hundred and twenty.