Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
ततः सा तत्क्षणाज्जाता तस्य भार्या शिलात्मिका । इन्द्रोऽपि च परित्यक्तो वृषणाभ्यां तथाऽभवत्
tataḥ sā tatkṣaṇājjātā tasya bhāryā śilātmikā | indro'pi ca parityakto vṛṣaṇābhyāṃ tathā'bhavat
അന്നേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ അവന്റെ ഭാര്യ ശിലാസ്വഭാവിനിയായി മാറി; ഇന്ദ്രനും വൃഷണദ്വയം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട് അതുപോലെ ആയിത്തീർന്നു.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)
Tirtha: Indra-śāpa-nivṛtti tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Instant transformation: Ahalyā becomes a stone figure; Indra recoils as his body is afflicted—symbolic loss of virility; the hermitage witnesses a supernatural judgment.
FAQs
Karmic results are portrayed as immediate and tangible, reinforcing that dharma is an active cosmic law, not a mere ideal.
Not specified in this verse; it narrates the consequence that later tīrtha-grace narratives often resolve.
None.