Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 63: Viśvāmitra Falls Prey to Lust
Text 1.63.4
ततः कालेन महता मेनका परमाप्सराः।
पुष्करेषु नरश्रेष्ठ स्नातुं समुपचक्रमे॥
tataḥ kālena mahatā menakā paramāpsarāḥ
puṣkareṣu nara-śreṣṭha snātuṁ samupacakrame
tataḥ kālena mahatā = after a long time; menakā = Menakā; parama-apsarāḥ = the best of apsarās; puṣkareṣu = in Puṣkara; nara-śreṣṭha = O best of men; snātum = to bathe; samupacakrame = arrived.
O best of men, after a long time the best of apsarās Menakā arrived to bathe in Puṣkara.
[From the following texts,] it is established that she was sent by the devas.