आदि पर्व महाभारत
adi parv ke antargat kul unnis (up) parv aur 233 adhyay haian. in 19 (up) parvoan ke nam haian-
- anukramanika parv,
- parvasangrah parv,
- paushy parv,
- paulom parv,
- astik parv,
- aanshavatar parv,
- sambhav parv,
- jatugrih parv,
- hidimbavadh parv,
- bakavadh parv,
- chaitrarath parv,
- svayanvar parv,
- vaivahik parv,
- viduragamanarajyalambh parv,
- arjunavanavas parv,
- subhadraharan parv,
- haranaharan parv,
- khandavadah parv,
- mayadarshan parv.
adi parv ki sankshipt katha is prakar hai- jaisa ki nam se hi vidit hota hai, yah mahabharat jaise vishal granth ki mool prastavana hai. prarambh mean mahabharat ke parvoan aur unake vishayoan ka sankshipt sangrah hai. katha-pravesh ke bad chyavan ka janm, puloma danav ka bhasm hona, janamejay ke sarpasatr ki soochana, nagoan ka vansh, kadroo aur vinata ki katha, devoan-danavoan dvara samudr manthan, parikshit ka akhyan, sarpasatr, raja uparichar ka vrittant, vyas adi ki utpatti, dushyant-shakuntala ki katha, puroorava, nahush aur yayati ke charitr ka varnan, bhishm ka janm aur kauravoan-pandavoan ki utpatti, karn-dron adi ka vrittant, drupad ki katha, lakshagrih ka vrittant, hidimb ka vadh aur hidimba ka vivah, bakasur ka vadh, dhrishtadyumn aur draupadi ki utpatti, draupadi-svayanvar aur vivah, pandav ka hastinapur mean agaman, sund-upasund ki katha, niyam bhang ke karan arjun ka vanavas, subhadraharan aur vivah, khandav-dahan aur mayasur rakshan ki katha varnit hai.