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 ||
เมื่อเป็นดุจศุกะ คือไม่พึ่งพา ไร้ความยึดติด และหลุดพ้นจากพันธนาการทั้งปวง ตั้งมั่นในโมกษะเพียงอย่างเดียว เขาก็ได้บรรลุสภาวะสูงสุดโดยแท้।
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.