The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
गृहे क्षेत्रे तडागेषु वाप्युद्यानेषु चैव हि ॥ अन्यचितारुदन्त्य याः स्त्रियास्तिष्ठन्ति नित्यशः ॥
gṛhe kṣetre taḍāgeṣu vāpyudyāneṣu caiva hi || anyacitārudantya yāḥ striyās tiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ ||
ఇళ్లలో, పొలాల్లో, చెరువుల వద్ద, బావులు/జలాశయాల్లో మరియు ఉద్యానాల్లో కూడా—ఇతరుల చితి వద్ద నిత్యం విలపిస్తూ నిలిచే స్త్రీలు.
Rudra (continuation)
It catalogs everyday landscape terms (fields, ponds, tanks, gardens), useful for reconstructing the material vocabulary of settlement and water-management in Sanskrit literature.
No specific toponym is given; instead, a generalized cultural geography of domestic and agrarian spaces is presented.
The verse frames liminal, grief-associated behavior as part of a broader taxonomy requiring management—suggesting social concern for protecting spaces and persons from harmful influences.
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