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Lakshmi

Also called: Shri, Padma, Kamala, Mahalakshmi

Goddess of fortune and radiance. The Rigveda speaks of Shri as prosperity and the Shri Sukta hymns her; the Shatapatha Brahmana has her emerge from Prajapati; the Puranas have her rise from the churned ocean and choose Vishnu as husband. Sri Vaishnava theology treats her as inseparable from Vishnu, and the Pancharatra Lakshmi Tantra makes her his creative energy. Every Divya Desam must have her shrine beside his.

fortune marriage churning

Sources: Lakshmi — Wikipedia; Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.8 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase); Vishnu — World History Encyclopedia; Divya Desam — Wikipedia · see Lakshmi's web

Relations 8

Lakshmi dwells at

Kolhapur (Place) Shakta · Bhrigu tests the three gods
Leaves Vaikuntha for Kolhapur (temple and magazine telling; called recent and untextual by a sympathetic source).
Vaikuntha (Place) Vaishnava · Vaikuntha, the abode without care
Kolhapur (Place) Vaishnava · Bhrigu's kick and the coming of Srinivasa
Tirumala telling only: Lakshmi withdrew to Karavirapura after Bhrigu's kick; Kolhapur's own sthala purana not fetched.
Badrinath (Place) Vaishnava · Lakshmi as the badri tree at Badrinath
As the badri tree.

Lakshmi blessed

Brahma (God) Vaishnava · Kumbakonam: Brahma loses the Vedas and wins them back
Appears with Vishnu at the restoration.

Lakshmi celebrated at

Diwali (Festival) All traditions · Four Vishnu stories behind Diwali
Puranic: her wedding night.

Lakshmi consort of

Vishnu (God) · How Shri became Vishnu's inseparable consort

Lakshmi emanates from

Mahadevi (God) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
As Mahalakshmi, one of the Tridevi born of the Goddess (Book 3).

Stories 16

The fifth head and the skull that would not fall
Legend · as present at Vishnu's house in some tellings · 8 tellings
Bhrigu tests the three gods
Legend · as offended by the kick · 3 tellings
Kumbakonam: Brahma loses the Vedas and wins them back
Temple legend · as joins in the restoration · 1 telling
Bhrigu tests the three gods
Legend · as on Vishnu's chest; departs (temple tellings) · 4 tellings
The churning of the ocean of milk
Legend · as emerges · 3 tellings
Anasuya tests the three gods
Legend · as sends Vishnu · 4 tellings
Brahma's fifth head and the skull that would not fall
Legend · as honours Bhairava at Vaikuntha · 5 tellings
Vishnu's thousand lotuses and his eye
Legend · as absent; Vishnu leaves Vaikuntha (framing) · 3 tellings
Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
How a tradition frames it · as paired with Vishnu on return · 1 telling
Purusha and Narayana on the waters
Origin · as attendant · 3 tellings
Vaikuntha, the abode without care
Origin · as consort · 2 tellings
How Shri became Vishnu's inseparable consort
Origin · as protagonist · 3 tellings
The churning of the ocean of milk
Legend · as emerges · 3 tellings
Bhrigu's kick and the coming of Srinivasa
Temple legend · as consort · 4 tellings
Lakshmi as the badri tree at Badrinath
Temple legend · as the tree · 1 telling
Four Vishnu stories behind Diwali
Festival story · as bride · 4 tellings

Cited

Lakshmi — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.8 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase) Primary text (translation)
Vishnu — World History Encyclopedia Encyclopedia
Divya Desam — Wikipedia Encyclopedia