Shiva Purana

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महालक्ष्मीरिति ख्याता श्यामा सर्वमनोहरा ॥ मूर्तिं कृत्वैवमाकारां सकलीकृत्य च क्रमात् ॥ २४ ॥

sanskrit

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

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/67/24

महालक्ष्मीरिति ख्याता श्यामा सर्वमनोहरा ॥ मूर्तिं कृत्वैवमाकारां सकलीकृत्य च क्रमात् ॥ २४ ॥

sanskrit

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