Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
वसिष्ठ उवाच । आसीत्पूर्वं मुनिर्नाम्ना गौतमश्च महातपाः । अहिल्या दयिता तस्य धर्मपत्नी यशस्विनी
vasiṣṭha uvāca | āsītpūrvaṃ munirnāmnā gautamaśca mahātapāḥ | ahilyā dayitā tasya dharmapatnī yaśasvinī
வசிஷ்டர் கூறினார்— முற்காலத்தில் ‘கௌதமன்’ என்னும் மகாதபஸ்வி முனிவர் இருந்தார். அவருடைய அன்பிற்குரிய, புகழ்மிக்க தர்மபத்னி அகல்யை ஆவாள்.
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Himavān
Scene: Vasiṣṭha begins the backstory: the sage Gautama, radiant with tapas, and his famed wife Ahalyā in an āśrama setting—simple hut, sacred fire, deer, and quiet forest.
FAQs
It establishes dharmic order through the ideal of a sage’s āśrama and the honored status of the dharma-patnī.
Not specified in this verse; it sets the cast for a longer sacred narrative used in the section’s māhātmya.
None; this is narrative introduction.