Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
अहल्येश्वरनामानं स्वगृहे चागमत्पुनः । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम्
ahalyeśvaranāmānaṃ svagṛhe cāgamatpunaḥ | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram
elle revint ensuite à sa demeure, lui donnant le nom d’« Ahalyeśvara ». Quiconque, en ce tīrtha, se baigne et vénère Parameśvara,
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Ahalyeśvara-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Ahalyā names the installed deity ‘Ahalyeśvara’; pilgrims bathe at the river and proceed to worship Parameśvara at the shrine.
FAQs
Sacred places become living through worship; snāna and pūjā offered to Śiva at a tīrtha are upheld as direct means to merit.
Ahalyeśvara at the Ahalyā-tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā-bank context).
Tīrtha-snānā (holy bath) followed by Śiva-pūjā (worship of Parameśvara).