Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । प्रतिभूरस्मि नाशाय मायायास्तव निर्गमे । मद्वाक्यान्निष्क्रमं कृत्वा गच्छ मोक्षमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | pratibhūrasmi nāśāya māyāyāstava nirgame | madvākyānniṣkramaṃ kṛtvā gaccha mokṣamanuttamam

Translation

พระศรีกฤษณะตรัสว่า: เราเป็นผู้ค้ำประกันของเจ้า เพื่อทำลายมายาเมื่อเจ้าออกมา จงกระทำตามวาจาของเรา ออกมาเถิด แล้วจงไปสู่โมกษะอันสูงสุดหาที่เปรียบมิได้

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् कृष्णः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रतिभूः: guarantor; surety
• प्रतिभूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिभू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नाशाय: for the destruction
• नाशाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for destruction)

• मायायाः: of (your) illusion
• मायायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तव: of you; your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• निर्गमे: in the departure; at the exit
• निर्गमे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in/at the time of exit)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे पूर्वपद (my); समासपूर्वपदत्वात् मत्-आदेशः

• वाक्यात्: from (my) word; by my instruction
• वाक्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• निष्क्रमम्: exit; going out
• निष्क्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done; having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed; supreme
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मोक्षम्)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (the Lord who grants the assurance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Garbha-being (and by extension Vyāsa present in the episode)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa, serene and authoritative, declares Himself the surety; a veil of dark māyā is shown tearing as the garbha emerges into light; the composition centers on Kṛṣṇa’s raised hand in assurance (abhaya/vara) and the path opening toward liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Māyā
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s grace is presented as stronger than māyā; obedience to divine instruction leads toward mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse, though the narrative context includes Dvārakā and Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; the prescription is surrender and acting according to the Lord’s word (mad-vākya).