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
നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഫാൽഗുനാ! അഹല്യ ഗൗതമന്റെ ശാപത്തിൽ പെട്ടുവെന്ന് പറയുന്നു; മുൻപ് ഇന്ദ്രനുമായുള്ള സമാഗമം മൂലം അവൾ അത്യന്തം ദുഃഖത്തിലായി।
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.