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Devi Bhagavata Purana

The Shakta Purana whose ninth book (Prakriti Khanda) retells Lakshmi's story: Indra throws Durvasa's Parijata flower onto Airavata, Lakshmi leaves the heavens for Vaikuntha, Narayana sends her to be born in part from the ocean, and she rises at the churning and garlands him (IX.40-41).

Sources: The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, tr. Swami Vijnanananda (1921-22), Book IX chapters 40-41 (sacred-texts mirror) · see Devi Bhagavata Purana's web

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The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, tr. Swami Vijnanananda (1921-22), Book IX chapters 40-41 (sacred-texts mirror) § 9.40 Primary text (translation)
The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, tr. Swami Vijnanananda (1921-22), Book IX chapters 40-41 (sacred-texts mirror) § 9.41 Primary text (translation)