Bearing the command of his father, O king, Shuka, proceeded to Mithila for enquiring of its king about the truth of duties and the Refuge of Liberation.
पितुर्नियोगमादाय जगाम मिथिलां नृप। प्रष्टुं धर्मस्य निष्ठां वै मोक्षस्य च परायणम्॥