Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
गर्भ उवाच । वासुदेवं प्रतिभुवं यदि मे त्वं प्रयच्छसि । इदानीं यत्स्वयं तन्मे जन्म स्यान्नान्यथा द्विज
garbha uvāca | vāsudevaṃ pratibhuvaṃ yadi me tvaṃ prayacchasi | idānīṃ yatsvayaṃ tanme janma syānnānyathā dvija
گربھ نے کہا: اگر تم مجھے خود واسودیو کو میرا محافظ اور ضامن عطا کرو، تو اب میرا جنم اسی کی اپنی مرضی سے جیسا ہے ویسا ہی ہو—ورنہ نہیں، اے دِوِج۔
Garbha
Tirtha: Dvārakā (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A dvija (likely Vyāsa or a brāhmaṇa interlocutor in the episode)
Scene: A speaking garbha—depicted as a small radiant being within a lotus-womb—declares a conditional vow: only if Vāsudeva is granted as surety will birth proceed; the scene is mystical, emphasizing divine contract and surrender.
FAQs
Liberation-oriented life is sought only under divine guardianship—grace is presented as the safeguard against māyā.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a conditional request for divine protection.