Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
त्वं श्रीरुपेंद्रसदने मदनैकमातर्ज्योत्स्नासि चंद्रमसि चंद्रमनोहरास्ये । सूर्ये प्रभासि च जगत्त्रितये प्रभासि लक्ष्मि प्रसीद सततं नमतां शरण्ये
tvaṃ śrīrupeṃdrasadane madanaikamātarjyotsnāsi caṃdramasi caṃdramanoharāsye | sūrye prabhāsi ca jagattritaye prabhāsi lakṣmi prasīda satataṃ namatāṃ śaraṇye
اُپیندر (وشنو) کے دھام میں تُو ہی شری ہے، اے کام دیو کی ماں؛ چاند میں تُو ہی چاندنی ہے، اے چاند جیسے دلکش چہرے والی۔ سورج میں تُو ہی نور بن کر چمکتی ہے اور تینوں لوکوں کو منور کرتی ہے۔ اے لکشمی، ہمیشہ مہربان رہ—سجدہ کرنے والوں کی پناہ۔
Agastya (stuti, contextually in Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotional tableau in Kāśī: Lakṣmī as a radiant goddess whose presence is seen as moonlight in the moon and blaze in the sun; devotees bow at her feet while the three worlds are subtly illuminated behind her.
FAQs
Lakṣmī is praised as the inner splendor behind all beauty and power; surrendering to her with humility is presented as a sure refuge.
The verse occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī/Varanasi) setting, where divine praises are framed as part of Kāśī’s sacred power and merit.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is namaskāra (bowing) and stuti (hymnic praise) to Lakṣmī.