Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तस्य पत्नी महाभागा ह्यहल्या नाम विश्रुता । रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता

Transliteration

tasya patnī mahābhāgā hyahalyā nāma viśrutā | rūpayauvanasampannā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā

Translation

Son épouse était la très bienheureuse, connue sous le nom d’Ahalyā ; comblée de beauté et de jeunesse, renommée dans les trois mondes.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Feminine nominative singular

• mahābhāgā: illustrious, very fortunate
• mahābhāgā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Feminine nominative singular (qualifying patnī)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक-निपातः; Particle (indeed/for)

• ahalyā: Ahalyā
• ahalyā: Visheshya (Appositive/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahalyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Feminine nominative singular (apposition to patnī)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Name marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय; Indeclinable used to indicate name

• viśrutā: renowned
• viśrutā: Pratijñā-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-śru (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Past passive participle, Feminine nominative singular

• rūpa-yauvana-sampannā: endowed with beauty and youth
• rūpa-yauvana-sampannā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + yauvana (प्रातिपदिक) + sampanna (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (रूपयौवनेन सम्पन्ना); भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Past participle used adjectivally, Feminine nominative singular

• triṣu: in three
• triṣu: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रि-शब्दः; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; Locative plural (numeral)

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; Masculine locative plural

• viśrutā: renowned
• viśrutā: Pratijñā-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-śru (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Past passive participle, Feminine nominative singular (repeated predicate)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāhalyeśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ahalyā portrayed as radiant and youthful in the hermitage, yet framed with ascetic symbols (kusa, water pot) foreshadowing tapas; the three worlds’ fame suggested by celestial beings observing from above.

Characters & Entities

• Ahalyā
• Gautama (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often introduce sacred-site legends by portraying the key figures whose lives become the moral and spiritual backdrop of the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cāhalyeśvara’s legend is being set up through the introduction of Ahalyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.