जनानां दुष्कृतं सर्वं क्षेत्रमध्ये व्यवस्थितः । भैरवं रूपमास्थाय नाशयामि सुरेश्वरि
janānāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ sarvaṃ kṣetramadhye vyavasthitaḥ | bhairavaṃ rūpamāsthāya nāśayāmi sureśvari
హే సురేశ్వరి! ఈ క్షేత్ర మధ్యంలో స్థితుడనై, నేను భైరవరూపం ధరించి జనుల సమస్త దుష్కృతాలను నశింపజేస్తాను.
Śiva (speaking in first person as Bhairava at Prabhāsa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhairava-kṣetrapāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sureśvarī (Queen of the Gods)
Scene: Bhairava stands at the heart of Prabhāsa, trident raised in a protective gesture; shadowy forms labeled ‘dushkṛta’ crumble into dust around pilgrims, while a goddess-like figure (Sureśvarī) listens to his vow.
Divine protection within a holy kṣetra is active: Bhairava, as kṣetrapāla, removes devotees’ wrongdoing through sacred presence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as the ‘field’ whose center is guarded by Bhairava.
No specific ritual is named; the verse supports Bhairava-upāsanā and faith in the kṣetra’s purifying power.