Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
गौरि त्वमेव शशिमौलिनि वेधसि त्वं सावित्र्यसि त्वमसि चक्रिणि चारुलक्ष्मीः । काश्यां त्वमस्यमलरूपिणि मोक्षलक्ष्मीस्त्वं मे शरण्यमिह मंगलगौरि मातः
gauri tvameva śaśimaulini vedhasi tvaṃ sāvitryasi tvamasi cakriṇi cārulakṣmīḥ | kāśyāṃ tvamasyamalarūpiṇi mokṣalakṣmīstvaṃ me śaraṇyamiha maṃgalagauri mātaḥ
हे गौरी! शशिमौलि (शिव) के साथ तुम ही हो; वेधस् (ब्रह्मा) के साथ भी तुम ही; तुम सावित्री हो; और चक्रधारी (विष्णु) के साथ तुम रम्य लक्ष्मी हो। काशी में, हे अमलरूपिणि, तुम मोक्ष-लक्ष्मी हो। हे मङ्गलगौरी माता! इस लोक में तुम ही मेरी शरण हो।
Devotee/Narrative voice within the stotra (contextual: Maṅgalāgaurī praise)
Tirtha: Kāśī (mokṣa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī Maṅgalāgaurī stands at the center with three surrounding panels: with Śiva (moon-crested), with Brahmā as Sāvitrī, and with Viṣṇu as Lakṣmī; beneath, Kāśī is depicted as a radiant city, and the devotee offers surrender at her feet labeled ‘mokṣa-lakṣmī’.
FAQs
The Goddess is the single śakti behind the Trimūrti and becomes ‘Mokṣa-Lakṣmī’ in Kāśī—hence surrender to her is a direct refuge.
Kāśī (Varanasi), explicitly named as the place where she manifests as the fortune of liberation.
A direct act of śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and devotional praise; no specific external rite is prescribed in this verse.