Deity

লক্ষ্মী

लक्ष्मीLakṣmī

Also called Laxmi

Consort of
বিষ্ণু

What the texts say

In the Garuda Purana, Lakshmi, also called Shri, is said to be born through the sage Bhrigu and to become the consort of Narayana (Vishnu). Garuda Purana 1.5.8 In the Mahabharata, Narada tells how the gods and asuras churned the Ocean with Mandara Mountain as the churning rod, and from that churning Lakshmi arose, while the Vishnu Purana also speaks of her birth from Khyati, wife of Bhrigu. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 5.101.11Vishnu Purana 1.8.15 Returning to the Garuda Purana, Narayana is said never to exist even for a moment without Lakshmi, who continually attends his lotus feet. Garuda Purana 3.3.24 In the Mahabharata, the Kuru elder Bhishma describes Lakshmi, named Padma, seated upon a lotus petal in Vishnu's radiant celestial car, attended by many beautiful apsaras. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 12.228.14 The Narada Purana teaches that in worship Lakshmi is to be envisioned holding two lotuses. Narada Purana 1.3.68.26

Key chapters

The chapters where লক্ষ্মী matters most.

  1. Description of Lakshmi's Worship of the Goddess by the Grace of Shiva

    Devi Bhagavatam 6.18

  2. The Glory of Setumādhava and the Test of Royal Devotion

    Skanda Purana 3.1.50

  3. On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī

    Mahabharata 13.81

    Personified prosperity whose presence/absence governs…

  4. Vasu the Niṣāda, Raṅgadāsa’s service, Toṇḍamān’s encounter, and the Padma-saras glory

    Skanda Purana 2.1.9

  5. Avimukta’s Supremacy, the Humbling of Vindhya, and Mahālakṣmī’s Boon

    Skanda Purana 4.1.5

  6. Śrī-Indra-Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī

    Mahabharata 12.218

    Autonomous cosmic principle of prosperity and auspiciousness

  7. Origin of the Haihayas: The Birth of Aurva and Vishnu's Curse on Lakshmi

    Devi Bhagavatam 6.17

  8. The Birth of the Son and Return to Vaikuntha in Original Forms

    Devi Bhagavatam 6.19

  9. Śrī-nivāsa: Traits and Conditions for the Abode of Prosperity (श्री-निवासः)

    Mahabharata 13.11

    Revealer of prosperity’s moral and theological laws

  10. Vision of the Vaiśvarūpa, the cult of Mūlaśrīpati, and the arising of Nārāyaṇagiri & Devatīrtha

    Skanda Purana 5.3.194

Key episodes

  1. Narasimha Appears from the Pillar

    Bhagavatam 7.8-7.9

  2. The Churning of the Ocean (Samudra Manthan)

    Bhagavatam 8.5-8.10

  3. Durvasa's Curse and the Churning of the Ocean (Vishnu Purana)

    Vishnu Purana 1.9

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