Lopamudra Requests a Royal Bed for Intercourse
When Agastya summons Lopamudra for intercourse, she joins her hands in salutation and speaks — not in refusal, but in request. She asks him to come to her on a bed like the one in her father's palace, garlanded and adorned in ornaments. Agastya protests that he has no such riches, but Lopamudra reminds him that his austerities could summon any wealth in an instant.
The beautiful one joined her hands in salutation, and as if in shame, spoke these words of love to the illustrious one.
"There is no doubt that a husband marries a wife for the sake of offspring. O rishi! But you should act toward me in accordance with the love I bear toward you. O brahmana! You should come to me on a bed like the bed in my father's house, in his palace. I desire that you should be garlanded and adorned in ornaments. I wish to be adorned in divine ornaments that please me."
Agastya replied: "O Lopamudra! O one with the beautiful waist! O fortunate one! I do not possess riches that are equal to those of your father."
Lopamudra said: "O great lord! In an instant, through your austerities, you can bring all the riches that can be found in the world of the living."
Agastya replied: "What you say is true. But that will fritter away my austerities. Ask me to do that which will not waste my austerities."
Lopamudra said: "O one rich in austerities! Only a little bit of my season is left. I do not wish to come to you in any other way. O one rich in austerities! I do not wish your dharma to be destroyed in any way. You should therefore do what I desire, while taking care of that."
Agastya replied: "O fortunate one! O beautiful one! Your mind has decided in accordance with your desire. I will go. Stay here according to your wishes." Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 392