Having studied the measureless Vedas with all their branches and the Upanishads, and desirous of leading a life of celibacy on account of his having acquired excellence of religious merit, Shuka put these very questions, about which his doubts had not been removed, to his father Dvipayana, who had removed (by study and contemplation) all doubt regarding true duties.
अधीत्य वेदानखिलान् साङ्गोपनिषदस्तथा। अन्विच्छन्नैष्ठिकं कर्म धर्मनैपुणदर्शनात्॥ कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासं पुत्रो वैयासकिः शुकः। पप्रच्छ संदेहमिमं छिन्नधर्मार्थसंशयम्॥