Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
ततो गच्छेन्महालक्ष्मीं स्थिरलक्ष्मीसमृद्धये । इमां यात्रां नरः कृत्वा क्षेत्रेस्मिन्मुक्तिजन्मनि
tato gacchenmahālakṣmīṃ sthiralakṣmīsamṛddhaye | imāṃ yātrāṃ naraḥ kṛtvā kṣetresminmuktijanmani
त्यानंतर स्थिर व चिरस्थायी लक्ष्मीसमृद्धी वाढावी म्हणून महालक्ष्मीच्या धामास जावे। या मुक्तिजननी क्षेत्रात ही यात्रा करून मनुष्य शुभसिद्धी प्राप्त करतो।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim, having completed earlier Kāśī stations, approaches a Mahālakṣmī shrine with lamps and lotus offerings; the city’s narrow lanes open into a small temple court; Lakṣmī is envisioned as bestowing ‘sthiralakṣmī’ while Kāśī’s mokṣa-aura pervades.
FAQs
In Kāśī, pilgrimage is both worldly-auspicious (stable prosperity) and ultimately liberation-oriented.
Mahālakṣmī’s shrine/tīrtha within the Kāśī Kṣetra.
To proceed to Mahālakṣmī as part of the prescribed yātrā for attaining steady fortune.