Lakshmi

Goddess of wealth, fortune, and beauty; consort of Vishnu, risen from the ocean

Domains

• wealth
• fortune

Powers

• Arise from the churned milk-ocean upon a lotus
• Bestow and withdraw prosperity from gods and mortals

Epithets

• श्री sanskrit · Śrī · stotraAuspiciousness, prosperity; the goddess of fortuneŚrī Sūkta (Ṛgvedic khila); Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.9 (primary)
• पद्मा sanskrit · Padmā · epithetThe Lotus Goddess, lotus-seated and lotus-bearingŚrī Sūkta; Lakṣmī iconography of the Purāṇas (primary)
• कमला sanskrit · Kamalā · epithetThe Lotus One; one of the MahāvidyāsŚrī Sūkta; Tantric Daśamahāvidyā tradition (primary)
• महालक्ष्मी sanskrit · Mahālakṣmī · stotraThe Great Lakṣmī, supreme goddess of abundanceDevī Māhātmya, Mahālakṣmī hymn; Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (primary)

Relations

• spouse: VishnuGoddess of fortune; consort of Vishnu, risen from the ocean of milk.Vishnu Purana 1.9 (Lakshmi/Sri rises from the churning of the ocean and weds Vishnu) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Shri Sukta (primary); Bhagavata Purana 8.8 (primary)