The child said:
16-20. You need not be afraid of Kalika because the god¬
dess has been made gentle. If you are afraid, I shall create other
boys, viz. the sixty-four K$etrapalac (‘Defenders of the holy
places') After saying this he created them from his mouth.
Mahesvara in the form of a boy spoke to those beings in the
form of boys: “Twenty-five of you will stay in the heavenly
worlds; the same number in the.nether worlds and fourteen in the terrestrial world. You shall protect these regions. This per¬
son (i.e. I) shall be stationed in the cremation ground. The vehi¬
cle shall be a dog. The food offerings for you shall be the mixture
oiRajamasa (i.e. a kind of pulse) and rice.
If any man performs any holy rite without first worshipping
you, that rite of his shall be fruitless. It will be enjoyed by ghosts
and demons.” After saying this. Lord Rudra vanished there it¬
self.
21. The Ksetrapalas stationed themselves in their respective
places as appointed. In this manner, the creation of K§etrapalas
has been recounted succinctly.
22-24. I shall tell the procedure of propitiation whereby
they (the Ksetrapalas) become pleased. “Om Ksam obeisance to
K$etrapala.” This is the nine-syllabled great Mantra. 1
A devotee should offer sandal-paste etc. with this Mantra’,
the mixture of rice and Rajamasa should be divided into sixty-
four parts and offered along with Vatakas (pies) of the same
number; sixty-four lamps, betel leaves and arecanuts should be
offered. The devotee then bows down straight like a rod and
repeats the following great hymn:
25. “Oip. (the Ksetrapalas) have hair raised above, deformed
eyes, red and tawny in colour. They have terrible forms. I bow
down to Ksetrapalas.
26-29a. I bow to these Ksetrapalas of heaven: Ahvara,
Apakumbha, Idacara, Indramurti, Kolaksa, Upapada, Rturhsana,
Siddheya, Valika, Nilapat, Ekadamstrika, Irapati, Aghahari,
Vighnahari, Antaka, Ordhvapada, Kambala, Khanjana, Khara,
Gomukha, Janghala, Gananatha, Varaija, Jatala and Ajatala.
29b-32. Rkara, Hathakarl, Tahkapaijd, Khapi, Thaijthah-
kapa, Jambara, Sphulingasya, Tadidruci, Dantura, Ghananada,
Nandaka, Phetkarakari, Pancasya, Barbari, Bhiraarupavan,
Bhagnapaksa, Kalamegha, Yuvana, Bhaskara, Raurava, Lam-
bostha, Yatiija, Sujatalika, Sugandha and Huhuka. I bow down
to these defenders of Patala.
33-36. Humkara in all the Lingas; Bhayavaha in the crema¬
tion grounds; Mahalaksa in the terrible forest. Jvalaksa is
stationed in the abode(s); Ekavrk$a on the trees; Karalavadana
1. The Mantra of nine syllables is: Om kfam kfetrapalaya namab. in the night; Ghaijtarava resides in caves; Padmakhanja stays
in water; Durarodha in the places where four roads meet;
Kuravaon mountains; Ksetrapala called Pravaha in streams;
Manibhadra in treasuries; Rasadhyak$a in Rasaksetra (juicy
field) and Kotana in sacrificial chambers. These fourteen have
pervaded the earth. (I bow down to them) the above named
thus.
37. Thus I seek refuge in the K$etrapas numbering sixty-
four. Let them be pleased. Let them be pleased. Let them be
satisfied with my worship.”
38 . If a pure and clean person worships the Ksetrapas thus
during all the holy rites, the Ksetrapas become pleased with him
and grant him what is desired.
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