While rubbing the fire-sticks for fire, Vyasa happened to see a beautiful lady. He could not control his mind and when his semen fell on the fire sticks, Suka was born. He was bathed in the Ganga by Vyasa and the thread ceremony being performed by Lord Indra. Suka mastered all Hindu texts as a child. Sage Brihaspati taught him Dharma and Janaka was his instructor for mokshasutra and code of conduct for a Brahman. Once when Vyasa with his son was practicing meditation, they heard a voice from the sky asking them to chanted Vedas. They did accordingly. There arose a storm seeing which Sage Ved Vyasa told his son to stop the recital as that day was regarded as a holiday. Then he explained the matter regarding the storm and left for the Ganga. Sanatkumara came to Suka and explained to him the sufferings faced by the living beings and also imparted to him the mokshashastra. Suka went to Mt.Kailash. Early morning, facing the rising Sun, Suka went up to the sky. When Vyasa was unable to trace Suka, he performed penance in the hermitage of Narayana along with them, Suka, advised by Janardana, stood in the air and saw the whole world. He saw Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha and then went to his father Vyasa and studied Bhagavata Samhita. This story's narration has been identical with that of Mahabharata with minor discrepancies. Though in Skanda Purana the account has a different side to it, in Narada Purana it has been shown how Sage Suka achieved salvation through recitation of the Vedas. |