Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
एवमुक्त्वाऽथ सा रंभा शंसिता निखिलैः सुरैः । अमोघरेतसस्तस्य दध्रे गर्भं निजोदरे
evamuktvā'tha sā raṃbhā śaṃsitā nikhilaiḥ suraiḥ | amogharetasastasya dadhre garbhaṃ nijodare
فلمّا قالتْ ذلك، حَمَلَتْ رَمْبها—الممدوحةَ من جميع الآلهة—في رحمها جنينَ ذلك الحكيم، الذي كانت بذرته غيرَ خائبةٍ أبدًا.
Sūta (narrative continuation; explicit speaker not repeated in this verse after 144.1)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rambhā, radiant and modest, stands amid assembled devas who praise her; a subtle aura indicates conception by the sage’s unfailing seed—no explicit eroticism, only divine wonder.
FAQs
The potency born of tapas is depicted as unfailing; spiritual power manifests consequences that even the Devas acknowledge.
The surrounding section is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, providing sacred-geography context to the narrative.
None; it is genealogical/narrative development.