सोऽहं तासां विशेषार्थं स्त्रियमेकां विनिर्ममे। यद्यत्प्रजानां प्रत्यङ्गं विशिष्टं तत्तदुद्धृतम्॥ ततो मया रूपगुणैरहल्या स्त्री विनिर्मिता। हलं नामेह वैरूप्यं हल्यं तत्प्रभवं भवेत्॥ यस्य च विद्यते हल्यं तेनाहल्येति विश्रुता। अहल्येत्येव च मया तस्या नाम प्रकीर्तितम्॥
so'haṃ tāsāṃ viśeṣārthaṃ striyamekāṃ vinirmame| yadyatprajānāṃ pratyaṅgaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tattaduddhṛtam|| tato mayā rūpaguṇairahalyā strī vinirmitā| halaṃ nāmeha vairūpyaṃ halyaṃ tatprabhavaṃ bhavet|| yasya ca vidyate halyaṃ tenāhalyeti viśrutā| ahalyetyeva ca mayā tasyā nāma prakīrtitam||
English Meaning
And I created a female distinct from them. Collecting all those limbs that were most excellent among the created, I made a female under the name of Ahalyä. Hal means uglinessone born from Hal is called Halya. That female was known as Ahalyā because she had nothing blameable in her, I gave her that name.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)