Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 8
Parīkṣit’s Final Absorption, Takṣaka’s Bite, Janamejaya’s Snake Sacrifice, and the Vedic Sound-Lineage
सूत उवाच इत्युक्तस्तमनुज्ञाप्य भगवान् बादरायणि: । जगाम भिक्षुभि: साकं नरदेवेन पूजित: ॥ ८ ॥
sūta uvāca ity uktas tam anujñāpya bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ jagāma bhikṣubhiḥ sākaṁ nara-devena pūjitaḥ
सूत म्हणाले—असे विनविल्यावर भगवान् बादरायणि (शुकदेव) यांनी राजा परीक्षिताला अनुमती दिली. मग राजा व उपस्थित ऋषींनी पूजिल्यावर ते भिक्षूं सहित तेथून निघून गेले।
FAQs
Because he is the son of Bādarāyaṇa (Vedavyāsa); the epithet identifies Śukadeva as Vyāsa’s son and a perfected sage.
It shows that Parīkṣit honored the great sage Śukadeva and treated him with reverence, exemplifying the proper respect a ruler offers to realized devotees.
By seeking saintly association, valuing spiritual guidance, and cultivating humility and reverence toward genuine teachers and renunciants.