Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 78
Śokanivāraṇa: Non-brooding, Impermanence, Contentment, and Śuka’s Renunciation
निरपेक्षः शुको भूत्वा निःस्नेहो मुक्तबन्धनः । मोक्षमेवानुसंचित्य गत एव परं पदम् ॥ ७८ ॥
nirapekṣaḥ śuko bhūtvā niḥsneho muktabandhanaḥ | mokṣamevānusaṃcitya gata eva paraṃ padam || 78 ||
Becoming like Śuka—free from dependence, without attachment, and released from all bonds—he held liberation (mokṣa) alone as his single aim and indeed attained the supreme state.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-dharma section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
FAQs
It presents Śuka as the model of the liberated person: one who abandons dependence and attachment, cuts bondage, and makes mokṣa the single, concentrated pursuit—thereby reaching the supreme state (paraṃ padam).
Although framed in mokṣa-dharma language, it supports bhakti by emphasizing single-pointedness: just as the seeker ‘collects only mokṣa,’ a devotee fixes the heart on the Supreme without worldly expectation (nirapekṣa) and attachment (niḥsneha), which ripens into liberation.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is sādhana: cultivate non-dependence, non-attachment, and freedom from binding desires as the discipline leading to mokṣa.