चतुःषष्टिस्तु वेताला महाभीषणमूर्तयः । रुंडमुंडस्रजः सर्वे कर्त्रीखर्परपाणयः
catuḥṣaṣṭistu vetālā mahābhīṣaṇamūrtayaḥ | ruṃḍamuṃḍasrajaḥ sarve kartrīkharparapāṇayaḥ
चौसष्ट वेताल आहेत, ज्यांची रूपे अत्यंत भीषण आहेत; सर्वांच्या गळ्यात रुंड-मुंडांच्या माळा असून हातात कात्री/सुरी व खप्पर असते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fearsome retinue of sixty-four vetālas with garlands of severed heads, holding knives and skull-bowls, standing as a protective cordon—more like a supernatural militia than random spirits—framing the sanctity of Kāśī.
The kṣetra is safeguarded by fierce attendants who deter impurity and wrongdoing around the mokṣa-city.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a protected sacred field (kṣetra).
No ritual is described; the verse emphasizes the protective retinue surrounding Kāśī.