Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
त्वत्त्यक्तमेतदमले हरते हरोपि त्वं पासि हंसि विदधासि परावरासि । ईड्यो बभूव हरिरप्यमले त्वदाप्त्या लक्ष्मि प्रसीद सततं नमतां शरण्ये
tvattyaktametadamale harate haropi tvaṃ pāsi haṃsi vidadhāsi parāvarāsi | īḍyo babhūva harirapyamale tvadāptyā lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye
無垢なる御方よ、汝が捨て置くものは、ハラ（シヴァ）さえも取り去る。汝は護り、収め、授ける。汝は高きも低きも、存在のあらゆる相である。清らかなラクシュミーよ、ハリ（ヴィシュヌ）でさえ汝を得て礼拝に値するものとなる。ラクシュミーよ、常に慈悲を垂れ—礼拝する者の帰依処となり給え。
Agastya (stuti, contextually in Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lakṣmī as spotless śakti at center; to one side Śiva (Hara) removing impurities/obstacles that she has abandoned; to the other Viṣṇu (Hari) receiving her and becoming 'īḍya' (worthy of worship).
FAQs
Fortune and auspiciousness are governed by divine grace; cultivating devotion and purity is implied as the way to remain under Lakṣmī’s favor.
The praise is situated in Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī), where devotion is presented as especially fruitful in the sacred city.
No explicit ritual; the refrain emphasizes bowing (namana) and seeking refuge (śaraṇa) in Lakṣmī.