दिष्ट्या मे मुनिना तेन दत्तः शापो महात्मना । कथं स्यादन्यथा प्राप्तिः क्षेत्रस्यास्य सुशोभने
diṣṭyā me muninā tena dattaḥ śāpo mahātmanā | kathaṃ syādanyathā prāptiḥ kṣetrasyāsya suśobhane
«Por dicha, aquel gran sabio ha puesto sobre mí una maldición. Oh hermosa, ¿de qué otro modo habría yo alcanzado este espléndido campo sagrado?»
Mahīpāla (the king)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nandinī
Scene: The king speaks with astonishment, palms open, as if realizing the hidden mercy in a sage’s curse; behind him, a radiant sacred landscape/temple hints at the ‘suśobhana kṣetra’.
Even seeming misfortune (a curse) can become the hidden cause for reaching a holy place and spiritual uplift.
The ‘kṣetra’ praised in this chapter is the Kalaśeśvara sacred area described in the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific rite is stated here; the verse frames the king’s arrival as providential.