Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54
तृष्णां हरस्व शीघ्रं लक्ष्मीं दद हृदयवासिनीं नित्यम् । छिन्द्धि मदमोहपाशं मामुत्तारय भवाच्च देवेश
tṛṣṇāṃ harasva śīghraṃ lakṣmīṃ dada hṛdayavāsinīṃ nityam | chinddhi madamohapāśaṃ māmuttāraya bhavācca deveśa
Ôte vite ma soif ; accorde-moi Lakṣmī, la prospérité durable qui demeure à jamais dans le cœur. Tranche le nœud de l’orgueil et de l’illusion ; ô Seigneur des dieux, fais-moi traverser, hors du saṃsāra.
Bhṛgu (addressing Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Śiva stands as a divine ferryman at the river, holding a luminous noose being severed; the devotee steps from a dark whirlpool labeled bhava toward a calm shore; Lakṣmī is symbolized not as coins but as a lotus glowing within the devotee’s heart.
FAQs
Divine grace is sought for both inner stability and final release—cutting ego-delusion and crossing beyond saṃsāra.
No specific site is named; the verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Śaiva stotra setting.
No external ritual is specified; it is an internal petition for purification (removal of tṛṣṇā, mada, moha) and mokṣa.