The article deals with the concept of the Paśupatikṣetra basically expressed through three ritually or spatially discernable boundaries: (a), the temple priests and their assistants as well as their different places of origin, (b). the boundaries of the settlement and its place names, (c). ritual processions in the vicinity of the Paśupatinātha temple organized by different groups of ritual specialists. In comparing these boundaries it becomes evident that, in Deopatan, the temple priests’ authority is both extended and limited by their own concept of the sacred arena and the stabilitas loci of deities. The priests’ dilemma is that the more they are involved in the settlement’s structure and population, the less is their authority which neither needs a clearly defined and demarcated territory nor, ultimately, even society.