Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
अगस्तिरुवाच । मातर्नमामि कमले कमलायताक्षि श्रीविष्णुहृत्कमलवासिनि विश्वमातः । क्षीरोदजे कमलकोमलगर्भ गौरि लक्ष्मि प्रसीद सततं नमतां शरण्ये
agastiruvāca | mātarnamāmi kamale kamalāyatākṣi śrīviṣṇuhṛtkamalavāsini viśvamātaḥ | kṣīrodaje kamalakomalagarbha gauri lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye
Agastya said: O Mother, I bow to you—Lotus-born Lady, lotus-eyed; dweller in the lotus of Śrī Viṣṇu’s heart, Mother of the universe. O Lakṣmī, born of the Milk-Ocean, fair Gaurī, whose womb is tender like a lotus—be ever gracious, refuge of those who bow to you.
Agastya
Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī (Kolāpura)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahālakṣmī (direct address)
Scene: Agastya recites a hymn before Mahālakṣmī: she is lotus-born and lotus-eyed, seated in the heart-lotus of Viṣṇu; behind her, a symbolic Milk-Ocean motif glimmers; the atmosphere is one of refuge and grace.
FAQs
Lakṣmī is the universal Mother and refuge; sincere surrender and praise invite her continual grace.
The narrative context is Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the hymn praises Mahālakṣmī as a resident, linking sacred place to cosmic Lakṣmī (Kṣīroda-born).
A clear devotional act is given: namaskāra (bowing) and stotra (hymnic praise) to Lakṣmī for ongoing favor.