Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तस्य पादतलस्पर्शाच्छिला वासवयोगतः । अहल्या गौतमवधूः पुनर्जाता स्वरूपिणी

Transliteration

tasya pādatalasparśācchilā vāsavayogataḥ | ahalyā gautamavadhūḥ punarjātā svarūpiṇī

Translation

Au contact de la plante de ses pieds, la pierre—par son lien avec Vāsava (Indra)—se métamorphosa : Ahalyā, l’épouse de Gautama, renaquit en sa forme véritable.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him (Rama)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पादतलस्पर्शात्: from the touch of the sole of (his) foot
• पादतलस्पर्शात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + तल + स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• शिला: the stone
• शिला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वासवयोगतः: due to connection with Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवयोगतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• अहल्या: Ahalyā
• अहल्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गौतमवधूः: Gautama’s wife
• गौतमवधूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम + वधू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अहल्याया विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: again)

• जाता: born/come into being
• जाता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अहल्याया विशेषण

• स्वरूपिणी: in her own true form
• स्वरूपिणी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahalyā-tīrtha / Ahalyāsthān (traditional)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stone transforms into Ahalyā—radiant, modest, newly restored—at the moment Rāma’s foot touches; Gautama’s āśrama nearby; light breaks through trees; Lakṣmaṇa and Viśvāmitra witness in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Ahalyā
• Gautama
• Indra (Vāsava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace restores the fallen to their true nature; even hardened states (symbolized by stone) can be softened and redeemed through contact with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ahalyā’s episode is traditionally linked to her āśrama region, but this verse itself does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse conveys a theology of purification and śāpa-vimocana through sacred contact.