Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Śuka’s Origin, Mastery of Śāstra, and Testing at Janaka’s Court
मध्यंगतमिवादित्यं दृष्ट्वा शुकमवस्थितम् । जूजयित्वा यथान्यायमभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः ॥ ५९ ॥
madhyaṃgatamivādityaṃ dṛṣṭvā śukamavasthitam | jūjayitvā yathānyāyamabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ || 59 ||
Vendo Śuka ali de pé como o sol ao meio-dia, ele o honrou conforme o devido, prestou reverente saudação e permaneceu com as mãos postas.
Suta (narrating the episode within the Moksha-dharma section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It highlights humility and right conduct (sadācāra): recognizing realized beings like Śuka as spiritually radiant and approaching them with reverence, which supports mokṣa-oriented life.
Bhakti is expressed through respectful service and salutations; honoring the saintly is treated as a devotional act that purifies the heart and aligns one with dharma.
It reflects ritual and social injunctions—proper greeting and honoring “yathā-nyāyam” (according to rule), a practical application of dharma-śāstra style norms used alongside Vedic practice.