Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
तत्रास्ति हि महालक्ष्म्या मूर्तिस्त्रैलोक्यवंदिता । तां प्रणम्य नरो भक्त्या न रोगी जायते क्वचित्
tatrāsti hi mahālakṣmyā mūrtistrailokyavaṃditā | tāṃ praṇamya naro bhaktyā na rogī jāyate kvacit
وہاں مہالکشمی کی مورتی ہے جس کی تینوں لوکوں میں بندنا ہوتی ہے۔ جو انسان بھکتی سے اسے پرنام کرتا ہے، وہ کبھی بیماری میں مبتلا ہو کر جنم نہیں لیتا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha (with associated mūrti-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages
Scene: A devotee bows before a resplendent Mahālakṣmī idol near a sacred water spot; the goddess is adorned with lotuses and gold, and a subtle aura suggests healing and protection.
FAQs
Devotional surrender (praṇāma) to the Goddess at a consecrated place is portrayed as a source of lasting well-being.
The Mahālakṣmī sacred precinct in Kāśī—highlighting her trailokya-vanditā mūrti.
Bhakti-yukta praṇāma—reverent bowing to Mahālakṣmī’s mūrti.