बर्बरीक उवाच । कस्मिन्क्षेत्रे च कां देवीं कथमाराधयाम्यहम् । एतत्प्रसादप्रवणं मनः कृत्वा निवेदय
barbarīka uvāca | kasminkṣetre ca kāṃ devīṃ kathamārādhayāmyaham | etatprasādapravaṇaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā nivedaya
巴尔巴利迦说道:当于何处圣地,礼敬哪一位女神,我又应以何种方式修供?我心倾向求其慈恩,愿为我开示此事。
Barbarīka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dāmodara
Scene: Barbarīka, youthful and earnest, questions the teacher with folded hands; a map-like hint of coastline/shoreline foreshadows the ‘land–ocean confluence’ kṣetra.
Right worship includes right place (kṣetra), right deity (devatā), and right method (vidhi), approached with humility and longing for grace.
The verse asks the question; the named site appears next as Guptakṣetra.
A request for the proper method of Devī ārādhana; the details follow in subsequent verses.