अपि द्वादशयात्रासु सोमनाथे यदर्चिते । कार्त्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे तत्पुण्यं लोटणेश्वरे
api dvādaśayātrāsu somanāthe yadarcite | kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge tatpuṇyaṃ loṭaṇeśvare
பன்னிரண்டு யாத்திரைகளிலும், குறிப்பாக கார்த்திக மாதத்தில் க்ருத்திகா-யோக நேரத்தில், சோமநாதரில் செய்யும் அர்ச்சனை-பூஜையால் உண்டாகும் புண்ணியம்—அதே புண்ணியம் லோடணேஸ்வரத்தில் கிடைக்கும்.
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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