Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
तं लोभयध्वं यमिनं तपःस्थानाच्च्युतिर्भवेत् । देवस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तथा अप्सरसां गणाः
taṃ lobhayadhvaṃ yaminaṃ tapaḥsthānāccyutirbhavet | devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tathā apsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
“Entice that ascetic, so that he may fall away from his seat of austerity.” Hearing the god’s words, the companies of apsarases prepared accordingly.
Narrator quoting the deva’s instruction (contextually Indra/Hari’s command)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine instruction is issued: entice the ascetic so he slips from his austerity-seat; apsarases listen and ready themselves, suggesting a planned moral trial.
FAQs
The verse highlights ‘cyuti’ (spiritual lapse) as the real danger—temptation can undo years of tapas if vigilance is lost.
Dharmāraṇya is implied through the reference to the ascetic’s tapas-sthāna in that sacred forest.
None; it narrates an attempted obstruction, not a dhārmic rule.