Obtaining Narada's permission, Shuka then went to where his father was. Arrived before him, the great Muni, viz., the great and Islandborn Krishna, Shuka circumambulated him and addressed him the usual enquiries.
तस्मादनुज्ञां सम्प्राप्य जगाम पितरं प्रति॥ सोऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं कृष्णद्वैपायनं मुनिम्। शुकः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा कृष्णमापृष्टवान् मुनिम्॥