Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
इमं क्षेत्रपकल्पं च विजानन्विजयस्तथा । यथोक्तविधिनाभ्यर्च्य सिद्धेयं तुष्टुवे च तम्
imaṃ kṣetrapakalpaṃ ca vijānanvijayastathā | yathoktavidhinābhyarcya siddheyaṃ tuṣṭuve ca tam
کھیترپالوں کے اس طریقِ عبادت کو جان کر، وجیا نے بھی بیان کردہ ودھی کے مطابق پوجا کی اور اپنے کام کی کامیابی کے لیے اس نگہبان دیوتا کی ستوتی کی۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vijayā, intent on success, performs a prescribed guardian-worship with orderly offerings, then recites a hymn; the deity/guardian appears pleased, indicating impending accomplishment.
FAQs
Right knowledge of ritual (vidhi) joined with devotion (stuti) becomes a cause of siddhi—successful completion aligned with dharma.
The verse concludes a kṣetrapāla-rite section rather than praising a single named tirtha.
Perform Kṣetrapāla worship exactly according to the ‘yathokta-vidhi’ (the stated method) and conclude with praise (stuti).