Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 18, Shloka 53
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
शिरोगता सन्त्यजति ततो 'न्यं याति चाश्रयम् ।
सेयं शिरोगता चैतान् परित्यक्ष्यति साम्प्रतम् ॥
śirogatā santyajati tato 'nyaṃ yāti cāśrayam / seyaṃ śirogatā caitān parityakṣyati sāmpratam
जब लक्ष्मी सिर पर पहुँचती है, तब वह उस व्यक्ति को छोड़कर दूसरे आश्रय में चली जाती है। यह लक्ष्मी अब सिर पर पहुँचकर इन शत्रुओं को त्याग देगी।
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FAQs
Fortune that ‘goes to the head’ becomes unstable—an ethical warning against intoxication by prosperity; pride precipitates the departure of śrī.
Moral instruction expressed through personified Lakṣmī; ancillary narrative teaching rather than one of the five formal purāṇic categories.
‘Head’ symbolizes ahaṅkāra (ego). When śrī is appropriated by ego, it cannot remain; it migrates to a humbler ‘support’ (āśraya).