अपि द्वादशयात्रासु सोमनाथे यदर्चिते । कार्त्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे तत्पुण्यं लोटणेश्वरे
api dvādaśayātrāsu somanāthe yadarcite | kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge tatpuṇyaṃ loṭaṇeśvare
द्वादशयात्रास्वपि सोमनाथे यदर्चिते। कार्त्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे तत्पुण्यं लोटणेश्वरे॥
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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