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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| religion = [[Sanatana]] [[Hinduism]]<br />
| name = Shrutadeva<br />
| native_name = श्रुतदेव<br />
| native_name_lang = sa<br />
| birth_place = [[Videha]]<br />
| era = [[Dwapar Yuga]]<br />
| region = [[Mithila region]]<br />
| creed = [[Vaishnava]]<br />
| known_for = Devotion to [[Lord Krishna]]<br />
| location = [[Mithila region]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Shrutadeva''' ([[Sanskrit]]: श्रुतदेव) was a figure in [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Puranas|Puranic literature]]. He was described as a devotee of [[Krishna]] in the [[Videha|Kingdom of Mithila]]. He was contemporary to [[Bahulashva Janaka]] in [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2017-10-20 |title=Shrutadeva, Śrutadeva, Śrutadevā: 4 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shrutadeva |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tejomayananda |first=Swami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHVSDwAAQBAJ&q=Shrutadeva |title=DISCOURSES ON SHRIMAD BHAGAVATA |date=2018-03-21 |publisher=Central Chinmaya Mission Trust |isbn=978-81-7597-709-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Books |first=Kausiki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXZJEAAAQBAJ&q=Shrutadeva |title=Bhagavatha Maha Purana 10th Skanda Part 3: English translation only without Slokas |date=2021-07-12 |publisher=Kausiki Books |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dhody |first=Chandan Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLQyiYXIujEC&q=Bahulashva+Janaka |title=The Bhagavata |date=1994 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-85880-46-4 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
According to the ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', the literal meaning of the word ''Shrutadeva'' is a Deva associated with knowledge.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Description in Puranic literature ==<br />
Shrutadeva was born in a family of [[Maithil Brahmin]] in the ancient [[Videha|Mithila Kingdom]].<ref name=":0" /> In the text ''Bhagavata Purana'', the sage [[Shuka|Shukhadeva]] introduced about a great [[Brahmin]] named as ''Shrutadeva'' while narrating the text to the king [[Parikshit|Parikshita]] of the [[Kuru kingdom|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|Lord Krishna]]. He was full of devotional wisdom and free from any attachments to the material pleasure.<ref name=":0" /> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2018-04-25 |title=Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu Verse 3.2.31 |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/sri-bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu/d/doc218527.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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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|Vaishakha]]. He explained the importance of the ritual by giving the example of his own father's salvation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2020-02-29 |title=Salvation of a Piśāca (Goblin) [Chapter 7] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371709.html |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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