Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
न तस्य सदनं लक्ष्मीः परित्यक्ष्यत्यसंशयम् । न जनन्या वियोगश्च न बंधुकलहोदयः
na tasya sadanaṃ lakṣmīḥ parityakṣyatyasaṃśayam | na jananyā viyogaśca na baṃdhukalahodayaḥ
Without doubt, prosperity (Lakṣmī) will not abandon that person’s home; nor will there be separation from one’s mother, nor the arising of quarrels among relatives.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A peaceful Kāśī household shrine: lamp lit at dusk, family members seated calmly, mother present, relatives in harmony; Lakṣmī symbolized by overflowing grain, lotus motifs, and steady lamp-flame.
FAQs
Devotional recitation supports both spiritual purity and worldly stability—prosperity and harmony.
The promise is delivered within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting, linking such fruits to the sacred culture of Kāśī.
The verse implies the fruit of practicing the praised stotra (Dhruvastuti), though no new procedure is added here.