Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
तथा सर्वमयी लक्ष्मीः सतीत्वान्नैव हीयते । प्रतिमासु च सर्वासु सर्वभूतेषु नित्यदा
tathā sarvamayī lakṣmīḥ satītvānnaiva hīyate | pratimāsu ca sarvāsu sarvabhūteṣu nityadā
اسی طرح ہمہ گیر لکشمی اپنی کامل پاکیزگی اور وفاداری کے سبب کبھی کم نہیں ہوتی۔ وہ ہر وقت تمام مورتیوں میں اور تمام جانداروں میں سدا قائم رہتی ہے۔
Sūta (deduced: Nāgara Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śrī-Lakṣmī as a luminous, all-pervading presence: simultaneously seated with Nārāyaṇa on a lotus and subtly radiating into temple icons and into diverse beings—humans, devas, animals, plants—signifying nitya-sthiti.
FAQs
Divine presence is constant and undiminishing; Lakṣmī’s purity signifies inexhaustible auspiciousness in worship and life.
This verse is doctrinal and universal in scope; it does not specify a single tīrtha.
It implicitly validates pratimā (icon) worship by affirming Lakṣmī’s abiding presence in all images.