Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
ततो गच्छेन्महालक्ष्मीं स्थिरलक्ष्मीसमृद्धये । इमां यात्रां नरः कृत्वा क्षेत्रेस्मिन्मुक्तिजन्मनि
tato gacchenmahālakṣmīṃ sthiralakṣmīsamṛddhaye | imāṃ yātrāṃ naraḥ kṛtvā kṣetresminmuktijanmani
তাৰ পিছত স্থিৰ আৰু চিৰস্থায়ী লক্ষ্মী-সমৃদ্ধি বৃদ্ধি পাবলৈ মহালক্ষ্মীৰ ধামলৈ যোৱা উচিত। এই মুক্তি-জননী পবিত্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত এই যাত্ৰা সম্পন্ন কৰিলে ভক্তে মঙ্গলময় সিদ্ধি লাভ কৰে।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim, having completed earlier Kāśī stations, approaches a Mahālakṣmī shrine with lamps and lotus offerings; the city’s narrow lanes open into a small temple court; Lakṣmī is envisioned as bestowing ‘sthiralakṣmī’ while Kāśī’s mokṣa-aura pervades.
FAQs
In Kāśī, pilgrimage is both worldly-auspicious (stable prosperity) and ultimately liberation-oriented.
Mahālakṣmī’s shrine/tīrtha within the Kāśī Kṣetra.
To proceed to Mahālakṣmī as part of the prescribed yātrā for attaining steady fortune.