Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
तस्माद्गच्छतु रंभाख्या तत्पार्श्वे ऽप्सरसां वरा । ब्रह्मचर्यविघाताय तस्यर्षेर्भावितात्मनः
tasmādgacchatu raṃbhākhyā tatpārśve 'psarasāṃ varā | brahmacaryavighātāya tasyarṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ
ដូច្នេះ សូមឲ្យរំប្ហា ដែលល្អឥតខ្ចោះក្នុងចំណោមអប្សរា ទៅក្បែរគាត់ ដើម្បីរំខានព្រហ្មចរិយារបស់ឥសីនោះ ដែលចិត្តបានបណ្តុះបណ្តាលយ៉ាងមាំមួន។
Devas (collective instruction)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In Indra’s celestial court, the gods decide to send Rambhā, the foremost apsaras, to the side of a disciplined sage to break his brahmacarya; Rambhā stands poised, adorned, listening to the command.
FAQs
Brahmacarya guards the power of tapas; hence temptations are portrayed as deliberate tests of spiritual discipline.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the sage’s practice is so potent that the devas attempt to interrupt it.
No positive prescription; it narrates an attempted disruption of brahmacarya by deploying Rambhā.