Shiva Purana
महालक्ष्मीरिति ख्याता श्यामा सर्वमनोहरा ॥ मूर्तिं कृत्वैवमाकारां सकलीकृत्य च क्रमात् ॥ २४ ॥
She is known as Mahalakshmi and is dark and delightful to all. The idol was thus shaped and the whole was gradually assembled.
english translation
mahAlakSmIriti khyAtA zyAmA sarvamanoharA ॥ mUrtiM kRtvaivamAkArAM sakalIkRtya ca kramAt ॥ 24 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript