Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
अहल्येश्वरनामानं स्वगृहे चागमत्पुनः । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम्
ahalyeśvaranāmānaṃ svagṛhe cāgamatpunaḥ | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram
پھر وہ اپنے گھر لوٹ آئی اور (دیوتا) کا نام ‘اہلیہیشور’ رکھا۔ جو کوئی اس تیرتھ میں اشنان کر کے پرمیشور کی پوجا کرے،
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Ahalyeśvara-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Ahalyā names the installed deity ‘Ahalyeśvara’; pilgrims bathe at the river and proceed to worship Parameśvara at the shrine.
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Sacred places become living through worship; snāna and pūjā offered to Śiva at a tīrtha are upheld as direct means to merit.
Ahalyeśvara at the Ahalyā-tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā-bank context).
Tīrtha-snānā (holy bath) followed by Śiva-pūjā (worship of Parameśvara).