त्रिकोणं कुण्डमास्थाय दिशां पालान्प्रपूजयेत् । क्षेत्रपालं च सर्वास्ता देवता गमनोद्भवाः
trikoṇaṃ kuṇḍamāsthāya diśāṃ pālānprapūjayet | kṣetrapālaṃ ca sarvāstā devatā gamanodbhavāḥ
تِرکون کُنڈ قائم کر کے پہلے دِشاؤں کے پالکوں کی پوجا کرے؛ پھر کشتراپال کی بھی، اور اُن سب دیوتاؤں کی بھی جو اس کرم کے آگے بڑھنے میں معاون ساتھی بن کر اُبھرتے ہیں۔
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A triangular fire-pit drawn with precise lines; offerings placed at three corners; eight Dikpālas stationed in their directions; a fierce Kṣetrapāla at the threshold; attendant deities assembling as the rite ‘moves forward’.
Sacred rites are to be performed within a protected, properly invoked ritual universe—honoring directional guardians and the guardian of the field.
The chapter is in Tīrthamāhātmya, but the exact tīrtha is not named in the provided verses.
Construct a triangular kuṇḍa and worship Dikpālas and Kṣetrapāla as preliminary invocations.