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
Sinabi ni Bṛhaspati: “Walang kakayahan ang mga nananahan sa langit na lumikha ng hadlang sa gayong tapas sa pamamagitan ng lakas. Kaya ipatawag si Urvaśī at ang iba pang mga apsaras, at sila’y ipadala roon.”
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.
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