Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
नारद उवाच । अहल्या शापमापन्ना गौतमात्किल फाल्गुन । पुरा चेंद्रसमायोगे परं दुःखमुपागता
nārada uvāca | ahalyā śāpamāpannā gautamātkila phālguna | purā ceṃdrasamāyoge paraṃ duḥkhamupāgatā
Dijo Nārada: «Oh Phālguna, se cuenta que Ahalyā cayó bajo la maldición de Gautama; y antaño, por su encuentro con Indra, se hundió en una pena profundísima».
Nārada
Tirtha: Ahalyā-saras (etiology begins here)
Type: kund
Listener: Arjuna (Phālguna)
Scene: Nārada narrates Ahalyā’s fall into sorrow after Indra’s encounter and the curse from Gautama; the scene can juxtapose Ahalyā’s grief with the looming presence of dharma and the promise of purification through the kṣetra.
FAQs
Adharma and deception lead to suffering; the Purāṇic narrative frames repentance and purification through tīrtha and devotion.
Indirectly Ahalyāsaras—its origin is tied to Ahalyā’s suffering and subsequent sacred developments.
None in this verse; it provides the narrative cause (kāraṇa) for the tīrtha’s sanctity.