Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
मोक्षलक्ष्मी समृद्ध्यर्थं यत्रकुत्र निवासिभिः । अप्यल्पमपि यद्दत्तं विशालाक्ष्यै नरोत्तमैः
mokṣalakṣmī samṛddhyarthaṃ yatrakutra nivāsibhiḥ | apyalpamapi yaddattaṃ viśālākṣyai narottamaiḥ
Demi bertambahnya kemuliaan Mokṣa-Lakṣmī, apa pun—walau sedikit—yang dipersembahkan oleh insan utama kepada Viśālākṣī, di mana pun mereka berdiam,
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Viśālākṣī Mahāpīṭha (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A humble devotee offering a small gift—flowers/coin/cloth—to Viśālākṣī; the Devī’s presence radiates ‘mokṣa-lakṣmī’ as a lotus-like aura; scenes of devotees in distant places making offerings in spirit.
FAQs
Sincere giving, even if small, becomes spiritually potent when offered with devotion to the presiding goddess of Kāśī.
Viśālākṣī’s sphere in Kāśī; the verse also universalizes her grace to devotees ‘wherever they live’.
Dāna/offerings to Viśālākṣī—emphasizing that even minimal gifts carry mokṣa-oriented merit.