Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
बृहस्पतिरुवाच । तपसे नास्ति सामर्थ्यं विघ्नं कर्तुं दिवौकसः । उर्वश्याद्या समाहूय संप्रेष्यंतां च तत्र वै
bṛhaspatiruvāca | tapase nāsti sāmarthyaṃ vighnaṃ kartuṃ divaukasaḥ | urvaśyādyā samāhūya saṃpreṣyaṃtāṃ ca tatra vai
พระพฤหัสบดีตรัสว่า “ชาวสวรรค์ทั้งหลาย ไม่มีอำนาจจะขัดขวางตบะเช่นนั้นด้วยกำลังได้ เพราะฉะนั้นจงเรียกนางอุรวศีและเหล่าอัปสรอื่น ๆ แล้วส่งไป ณ ที่นั้นเถิด”
Bṛhaspati
Scene: Bṛhaspati declares the impotence of force against tapas and proposes summoning Urvaśī and apsarases; celestial messengers prepare to depart toward the hermitage.
FAQs
Tapas is depicted as spiritually invincible to brute power; only subtle temptation can test the ascetic’s steadiness.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied destination—its sanctity is shown by the extraordinary measures taken to confront tapas performed there.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse describes a narrative strategy (sending apsarases) rather than a dhārmic injunction.