Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अहल्येश्वरनामानं स्वगृहे चागमत्पुनः । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

ahalyeśvaranāmānaṃ svagṛhe cāgamatpunaḥ | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram

Translation

แล้วนางก็กลับสู่เรือนของตนอีกครั้ง และถวายพระนามแด่เทวะนั้นว่า “อหัลเยศวร” ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระในตีรถะนั้น แล้วบูชาพระปรเมศวร

Word by Word

• अहल्येश्वरनामानम्: (one) named ‘Ahalyeśvara’
• अहल्येश्वरनामानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहल्या + ईश्वर + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘अहल्येश्वर’ इति नाम यस्य (one whose name is Ahalyeśvara)

• स्वगृहे: in (his/her) own house
• स्वगृहे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य गृहः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरर्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (again)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: there)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (indeed/but)

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: स्ना-धातोः क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम्; ‘having bathed’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahalyeśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ahalyā names the installed deity ‘Ahalyeśvara’; pilgrims bathe at the river and proceed to worship Parameśvara at the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Ahalyeśvara
• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• Tīrtha
• Snāna
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places become living through worship; snāna and pūjā offered to Śiva at a tīrtha are upheld as direct means to merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ahalyeśvara at the Ahalyā-tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā-bank context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snānā (holy bath) followed by Śiva-pūjā (worship of Parameśvara).