Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
त्वं जातवेदसि सदा दह्नात्मशक्तिर्वेधास्त्वया जगदिदं विविधं विदध्यात् । विश्वंभरोपि बिभृयादखिलं भवत्या लक्ष्मि प्रसीद सततं नमतां शरण्ये
tvaṃ jātavedasi sadā dahnātmaśaktirvedhāstvayā jagadidaṃ vividhaṃ vidadhyāt | viśvaṃbharopi bibhṛyādakhilaṃ bhavatyā lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye
ನೀನೇ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಜಾತವೇದ (ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞ ಅಗ್ನಿ)—ಅಗ್ನಿಯ ಆತ್ಮಶಕ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ಸದಾ ನೀನೇ. ನಿನ್ನಿಂದಲೇ ವೇಧಾ (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ) ಈ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಜಗತ್ತನ್ನು ರಚಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ನಿನ್ನಿಂದಲೇ ವಿಶ್ವಂಭರ (ವಿಷ್ಣು) ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಧರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಹೇ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ, ನಮಿಸುವವರ ಶರಣ್ಯೆ, ಸದಾ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಳಾಗು.
Agastya (stuti, contextually in Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lakṣmī visualized as the inner flame-power: Agni altar blazing, with Lakṣmī’s golden presence emerging from fire; Brahmā creating and Viṣṇu sustaining in the background, both empowered by her radiance.
FAQs
Divine prosperity is not merely wealth but the very śakti enabling creation and preservation; honoring her aligns one with cosmic order (dharma).
The hymn belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa milieu, linking devotional praise to the merit (puṇya) of Kāśī’s sacred landscape.
No direct prescription; the verse supports stuti and śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) as devotional discipline.