Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87
लक्ष्मीं श्रियं च कमलां कमलालयां च पद्मां रमां नलिनयुग्मकरां च मां च । क्षीरोदजाममृतकुंभकरामिरां च विष्णुप्रियामिति सदाजपतां क्व दुःखम्
lakṣmīṃ śriyaṃ ca kamalāṃ kamalālayāṃ ca padmāṃ ramāṃ nalinayugmakarāṃ ca māṃ ca | kṣīrodajāmamṛtakuṃbhakarāmirāṃ ca viṣṇupriyāmiti sadājapatāṃ kva duḥkham
ಯಾರು ಸದಾ ಈ ನಾಮಗಳನ್ನು ಜಪಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ—‘ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ, ಶ್ರೀ, ಕಮಲಾ, ಕಮಲಾಲಯಾ, ಪದ್ಮಾ, ರಮಾ, ಎರಡು ಕಮಲಗಳನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿದ ಕರಯುಗ್ಮವಳಾದ ಮಾಂ, ಕ್ಷೀರೋದಜಾ, ಅಮೃತಕುಂಭಧಾರಿಣಿ, ಇರಾ, ವಿಷ್ಣುಪ್ರಿಯಾ’—ಅವರಿಗೆ ದುಃಖ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಲ್ಲುತ್ತದೆ?
Agastya (stuti, contextually in Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage and his wife seated in reverence, counting a mālā while reciting Lakṣmī’s many names; Mahālakṣmī appears in a gentle vision holding lotuses and a nectar pot, radiating comfort that dissolves sorrow.
FAQs
Constant remembrance of the Goddess through her names is taught as a direct remedy for grief and inner instability.
Though the verse is a nāma-focused teaching, it is transmitted within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī context, enhancing the devotional merit.
Japa (repetition) of Lakṣmī’s epithets is explicitly recommended as a practice that dispels duḥkha (sorrow).