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
تب اسی لمحے اُس کی بیوی پتھر کی صورت والی ہو گئی؛ اور اِندر بھی، خصیوں سے محروم ہو کر، ویسا ہی ہو گیا۔
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.