Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
क्षेत्रेशमीशकोणे तु यजेद्वास्तोष्पतिं क्रमात् । वाग्देवीं च यजेत्तत्र ततः कात्यायनीं यजेत्
kṣetreśamīśakoṇe tu yajedvāstoṣpatiṃ kramāt | vāgdevīṃ ca yajettatra tataḥ kātyāyanīṃ yajet
ಈಶಾನ ಕೋಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೇಶನನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಬೇಕು; ನಂತರ ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ವಾಸ್ತುಸ್ವಾಮಿಯನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಬೇಕು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಗ್ದೇವಿಯನ್ನೂ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ಬಳಿಕ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನಿಯನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಬೇಕು.
Narratorial/Instructional voice (ritual injunction within the text)
Type: kshetra (ritual field, generalized)
Scene: A maṇḍala with marked corners; in the northeast corner a small shrine to Kṣetreśa; nearby offerings to Vāstupati; Vāgdevī (Sarasvatī-like) invoked with a veena; Kātyāyanī appears as a radiant warrior-goddess blessing the rite.
FAQs
Sacred worship honors both the deity and the sanctified space—guardians of the kṣetra and the vāstu are propitiated with due order.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse teaches spatial ritual placement (Īśāna-koṇa) applicable to many shrines.
Directional/mandala worship: in the Īśāna corner worship Kṣetreśa, then Vāstoṣpati, then Vāgdevī, then Kātyāyanī.