It is performed in the demarcated sacred space, in which a temple, a pagoda, or a tombstone will be built, to appease the souls, including those of the gods of various heavenly worlds and the spirits who died violent deaths, by holding a service for them centering around Jiten (the earth god) and using him as the principal image, to forever avert obstacles and hardship.
堂宇や仏塔、墓碑を建立する前にその土地を結界して、地天を本尊・中心として諸天の天神や、横死した霊魂なども含めて、それらを供養し鎮霊して、永久に障難が及ばないように修する。