प्राह तान्बालरूपांश्च बालरूपी महेश्वरः
Maheshvara, in the form of a child, spoke to those child-forms:
चतुर्दशानां भूर्लोके वासो वः पालनं तथा
'For fourteen (days), your dwelling and protection shall be in the world of earth.'
नैवेद्यं भवतां राजमाषतंदुलमिश्रकाः
'Your offerings shall be royal pulse and rice mixed together.'
तस्य तन्निष्फलं भावि भुक्तं प्रेतैश्च राक्षसैः 1.2.62.
That offering will be fruitless for them, eaten by ghosts and rākṣasas.
क्षेत्रपालाः स्थिताश्चैव यथास्थाने निरूपिताः
The guardians of the field have been stationed, each appointed in their proper place.
आराधनं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन प्रीता भवंति ते
I will now explain the worship by which they become pleased.
ॐक्षां क्षेत्रपालाय नमः
Om, kṣāṃ, obeisance to the guardian of the field.
अनेनात्र चंदनादि दत्त्वा राजमाषतण्डुलमिश्रकाश्च चतुःषष्टिकृतभागान्वटकान्निवेद्य तावत्यो दीपिकास्तावन्ति पत्राणि पूगानि निवेद्य दण्डवत्प्रणम्य महास्तुतिमेतां जपेत्
With this, offering sandalwood and other substances here, and presenting cakes made from royal black gram and rice, sixty-four in number, along with as many lamps, leaves, and betel nuts, one should bow down in prostration and recite this great praise.
ॐऊर्ध्वकेशा विरू पाक्षा नित्यं ये घोररूपिणः
Om, those with hair standing upward, with strange eyes, who always have a terrible form—
अह्वरो ह्यापकुम्भश्च इडाचारस्तथैव यः
Ahvara, Āpakumbha, and also Iḍācāra—
सिद्धेयश्चैव वलिको नीलपादेकदंष्ट्रिकः
Siddheya, Valika, Nīlapāda, and Eka-daṃṣṭrika—
ऊर्ध्वपादः कम्बलश्च खंजनः खर एव च
Ūrdhvapāda, Kambala, Khañjana, and Khara as well—
जटालोप्यजटालश्च नौमि स्वःक्षेत्रपालकान्
Jaṭālopa and Jaṭāla—I bow to my own field guardians.
ठंठंकणो जंबरश्च स्फुलिंगास्यस्तडिद्रुचिः 1.2.62.
Ṭhaṃṭhaṃkaṇa, Jambara, one with a mouth like a spark, and one shining like lightning—
फेत्कारकारी पंचास्यो बर्बरी भीमरूपवान्
The one who makes a whistling sound, five-faced, Barbarī, and the one of terrifying form—
रौरवश्चापि लंबोष्ठो वणिजः सुजटालिकः
Raurava, Lamboṣṭha, Vaṇija, and Sujaṭālika—
सर्वलिंगेषु हुंकारः स्मशानेषु भयावहः
Who utters the sound 'huṃ' in all forms, and is fearsome in the cremation grounds—
एकवृक्षश्च वृक्षेषु करालवदनो निशि
The one who is a single tree among trees, with a fierce face at night—
चत्वरेषु दुरारोहः पर्वते कुरवस्तथा
Difficult to ascend in the crossroads, and the Kuravas on the mountains as well—
रसक्षेत्रे रसाध्यक्षो यज्ञवाटेषु कोटनः
In the field of juice, the overseer of juice; in the sacrificial enclosures, Koṭana—
एवं चतुःषष्टिमिताञ्छरणं यामि क्षेत्रपान्
Thus, to these sixty-four, I take refuge in the guardians of the field.
सर्वकार्येषु यश्चैवं क्षेत्रपानर्चयेच्छुचिः
Whoever, being pure, worships the guardians of the field in this way in all undertakings—
इमं क्षेत्रपकल्पं च विजानन्विजयस्तथा
Knowing this procedure for the field, as well as the victory,
प्रणम्य च ततो देवीमानर्च वटयक्षिणीम् 1.2.62.
He then bowed to the goddess and worshipped the banyan-eyed one.
समानीतास्तैश्च साकं सुनंदा नाम ब्राह्मणी
Together with those people, a Brahmin woman named Sunanda was brought.
सा कृच्छ्राणि पराकांश्च अतिकृच्छ्राणि कुर्वती
She performed difficult and very severe austerities.
मासोपवासं च तथा कार्तिके कुलनंदिनी
Kulānandinī observed a month-long fast in the month of Kārtika.
दर्शे स्नानं तथा चक्रे महीसागरसंगमे
She performed ritual bathing at the confluence of the great river and ocean.
धूतपापा ययौ लोकमुमायाः कृतस्वागता
Having been cleansed of sin, she went to the realm of Umā, welcomed by her.
तस्यास्तुष्टो वरं प्रादात्सिद्धलिंगस्थितो हरः
Hara, abiding in the Siddha-liṅga, being pleased with her, granted a boon.