Shuka

Shuka
Shuka
	Shuka preaching to Parikshit and the sages
Personal Information
Family	Parents Veda Vyasa (father); Vatikā (mother); Ghritachi (mother) (some accounts);
Spouses	Pivari
Children	Sons Krsnagaura; Sambhu; 2 unnamed sons; Daughters Krtti;
Relatives	Dhritarashtra, Pandu, Vidura (half brothers)

Shuka^[2]^[3] (Sanskrit: शुक IAST: Śuka, also Shukadeva Śuka-deva) is a rishi (sage) in Hinduism. He is the son of the sage Vyasa and the main narrator of the scripture Bhagavata Purana. Most of the Bhagavata Purana consists of Shuka reciting the story to the king Parikshit in his final days. Shuka is depicted as a sannyasi, renouncing the world in pursuit of moksha (liberation), which most narratives assert that he achieved.^[4]

^ Padma Purana Srishti Khanda First Canto Chapter 9: Verse 40-41
^ Matchett, Freda (2001). Krishna, Lord or Avatara?: the relationship between Krishna and Vishnu. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7007-1281-6.
^ Hiltebeitel, Alf (2001). Rethinking the Mahābhārata: a reader's guide to the education of the dharma king. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-34054-8.
^ Sullivan, Bruce M. (1990). Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa and the Mahābhārata: a new interpretation. BRILL. p. 40. ISBN 978-90-04-08898-6.

[1] Padma Purana Srishti Khanda First Canto Chapter 9: Verse 40-41

[Matchett-2] Matchett, Freda (2001). Krishna, Lord or Avatara?: the relationship between Krishna and Vishnu. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7007-1281-6.

[3] Hiltebeitel, Alf (2001). Rethinking the Mahābhārata: a reader's guide to the education of the dharma king. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-34054-8.

[Sullivan-4] Sullivan, Bruce M. (1990). Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa and the Mahābhārata: a new interpretation. BRILL. p. 40. ISBN 978-90-04-08898-6.

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