अपि द्वादशयात्रासु सोमनाथे यदर्चिते । कार्त्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे तत्पुण्यं लोटणेश्वरे
api dvādaśayātrāsu somanāthe yadarcite | kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge tatpuṇyaṃ loṭaṇeśvare
十二の巡礼においてソーマナータを礼拝して得られる功徳――とりわけカルッティカ月、クリッティカー星宿が合する時――その功徳はそのままロータネーシュヴァラに存する。
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Loṭaṇeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A split-scene comparison: Somnātha worship during Kārttika under the Kṛttikā stars, mirrored by an equally radiant Loṭaṇeśvara shrine, suggesting identical merit.
The Purāṇic map of sacred power equates merits across famed shrines, teaching that sincere devotion at a local tīrtha can match renowned pan-Indian pilgrimages.
Loṭaṇeśvara, praised as granting merit comparable to worship at Somanātha.
Worship (arcana) in the month of Kārttika, specifically during Kṛttikā-yoga, as a high-merit time-marker.
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