The Glory of Lakshmishvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.64.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तस्यैव पूर्वदिग्भागे धनुषां पंचके स्थितम्। लक्ष्मीश्वरेति विख्यातं दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्

īśvara uvāca| tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge dhanuṣāṁ paṁcake sthitam| lakṣmīśvareti vikhyātaṁ dāridryaughavināśanam

Ishvara said: In the eastern direction from that very place, five bow-lengths away, stands the linga renowned as Lakshmishvara, destroyer of the flood of poverty.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.64.2)

यत्र देव्या समानीता लक्ष्मीर्देत्यान्निहत्य च। तेन लक्ष्मीश्वरं नाम स्वयं देव्या प्रतिष्ठितम्

yatra devyā samānītā lakṣmīrdetyānnihatya ca| tena lakṣmīśvaraṁ nāma svayaṁ devyā pratiṣṭhitam

Where the Goddess, having slain the daityas, brought Lakshmi back — there the Goddess herself established that linga under the name Lakshmishvara.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.64.3)

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या श्रीपंचम्यां विधानतः। न विमुक्तो भवेल्लक्ष्म्या यावन्मन्वंतरं प्रिये

yastaṁ pūjayate bhaktyā śrīpaṁcamyāṁ vidhānataḥ| na vimukto bhavellakṣmyā yāvanmanvaṁtaraṁ priye

O beloved, whoever worships it with devotion according to rule on Shri-Panchami shall never be parted from Lakshmi for the span of a Manvantara.