तन्त्रसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - तन्त्रालोक का प्रामाणिक सार-संग्रह सटीक)

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other holy spots. Though those places are considered au-
spicious yet they are really external and be of help for att-
aining Siddhis, whereas the internal pīṭhas are of much help,
for by fixing the vital energy in different locations of the
body one is able to attain liberation. Just as there are a
good number of holy spots outside, similarly they have their
locations inside the human body, They are generally known
as Pīṭha, upapīṭha, sandohaka, kṣetra, upakṣetra.
Pīṭhas are three, namely, (a) Kāmarūpa, Pūrṇagiri and
uḍḍiyāna. Kāmarūpa is of the form of icchā, the other
two are of the nature of nāda and bindu respectively and
have their locations at the right and left side of the body.
The following chart shows them clearly :
(b) Upapīṭha : 3 (c) Sandohaka : 3.

1. Devīkoṭṭa : Śākta 1. Puṇḍravardhana : Lalanā
2. Ujjayinī : Bindu 2. Vārendra : Vaindava
3. Kulagiri : Vyāpinī 2. Ekāmra : Vyāpti
   (d) Kṣetra : They are the petals of the heart lotus
4. Prayāga 2. Varaṇā 3. Aṭṭahāsa 4. Jayantikā
5. Vārāṇasī 6. Kaliṅga 7. Kulūtā 8. Lāhulā
   (e) upakṣetra : 8 The eight tips of the lotus.
6. virajā 2. Eruḍikā 3. Hālā 4. Elāpū
7. Kṣīrikā 6. Rājapurī 7. Māyāpurī 8. Marudeśa
   (f) Upasandohaka : 8 The meeting point of petals.
8. Jālandhara 2. Naipāla 3. Kaśmīra 4. Gargikā
9. Hara 6. Mlecchadigdvāravṛtti 7. Kurukṣetra 8. Kheṭaka
   Though places that are external are of no help for
   attaining release, yet they are acceptible, for deities who
   are well-versed in jñāna and yoga are born there and have
   sanctfied the place. Moreover, by their stay in those places
   devoted people may become recipient of jñāna and yoga.