The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Laksmishvara which is chapter 64 of the English translation of the Skanda Purana, the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, preserving the ancient Indian society and Hindu traditions in an encyclopedic format, detailling on topics such as dharma (virtous lifestyle), cosmogony (creation of the universe), mythology (itihasa), genealogy (vamsha) etc. This is the sixty-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 64 - Greatness of Laksmīśvara
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. To the eastern side of the same is the shrine well-known as Laksmīśvara stationed within a distance of ten Dhanus. It is destructive of series of impoverished states.
At the place where Lakṣmī was brought by the Supreme Devī after killing the Daityas, is the idol named Laksmīśvara installed by the supreme goddess herself.
He who devoutly worships that Lord in accordance with the injunctions on Śrīpañcamī day (i.e. the fifth lunar day in the bright half of Māgha) is never separated from Lakṣmī (fortune) till the end of the Manvantara, O my beloved!