Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
तत्रागस्त्यो महालक्ष्मीं ददृशे सुचिरं स्थिताम्
tatrāgastyo mahālakṣmīṃ dadṛśe suciraṃ sthitām
Dort erblickte Agastya Mahālakṣmī, die an jenem Ort seit sehr langer Zeit verweilte.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Mahālakṣmī-sannidhya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kathā-audience (contextual)
Scene: Agastya stands in reverent stillness before Mahālakṣmī, who remains firmly established on a lotus pedestal, her aura steady rather than flickering—signifying long residence and enduring blessing.
FAQs
The Divine is not occasional in a true tīrtha—Deity is described as abiding, making the place continually auspicious.
The locale within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative where Mahālakṣmī is said to abide (contextually within Kāśī’s sacred realm).
None; it is a declarative darśana verse.