Shrutadeva (Sanskrit: श्रुतदेव) was a figure in Hinduism Puranas. He was described as a devotee of Krishna in the Videha. He was contemporary to Bahulashva Janaka in Mithila.
Etymology
According to the
Bhagavata Purana, the literal meaning of the word
Shrutadeva is a Deva associated with knowledge.
Description in Puranic literature
Shrutadeva was born in a family of
Maithil Brahmin in the ancient
Videha.
In the text
Bhagavata Purana, the sage
Shuka introduced about a great
Brahmin named as
Shrutadeva while narrating the text to the king
Parikshit of the
Kuru kingdom. According to him, the Brahmin Shrutadeva was accomplished by all his goal of the life with the resolute single-minded devotion to the
Krishna. He was full of devotional wisdom and free from any attachments to the material pleasure.
Due to his devotional attitude
Bhakti towards Lord Krishna, later he became one of the pāriṣadas i.e, members of the assembly, at the court of Lord Krishna in
Dwarka.
In the section Vaishakhamasa Mahatmya of the second book known as Vaishnava Khanda of the text Skanda Purana, there is a dialogue between the sage Shrutadeva and the king Bahulashva Janaka of Mithila about the salvation of Pishacha. In this dialogue, the sage explained the importance of the ritual known as Vaishakha Vrata performed in the month of Vaisakha. He explained the importance of the ritual by giving the example of his own father's salvation.
