मंदे वार्के गुरौ वाऽपि कार्तिकी कृत्तिकायुता । तत्राश्वमेधिकं पुण्यं दृष्ट्वा वै बालरूपिणम्
maṃde vārke gurau vā'pi kārtikī kṛttikāyutā | tatrāśvamedhikaṃ puṇyaṃ dṛṣṭvā vai bālarūpiṇam
جب کارتکی کِرتِّکا کے ساتھ یُکت ہو—خواہ زحل، سورج یا مشتری کے زیرِ اثر—تو اس وقت بال روپ دھاری پروردگار کے درشن سے اشومیدھ یَجْن کے برابر پُنّیہ حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa
Scene: Kārtikī night at Prabhāsa with Kṛttikā prominent: devotees behold a radiant child-form of the Lord in a shrine, lamps blazing; the atmosphere suggests ‘Aśvamedha-level’ sanctity.
Darśana (sacred seeing) of the deity at the right sacred time can equal the merit of grand Vedic sacrifices.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the implied setting for the exalted darśana and its extraordinary merit.
Seek darśana of Bālarūpī Hari when Kārtikī coincides with Kṛttikā, especially under notable planetary rulerships.