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uttara nArAyaNam, kaushItakI brAhamaNamityAdau.
“The essential Nature of Lakshmi is described in the Sastras dealing with the
Supreme Reality as follows: Her From is eternal and spotless; Her Supreme
Rulership is not restricted by any limiting adjunct; Her universal Motherhood,
Her natural association with bhagavAn, are all delineated in great detail in the
SAstra-s. In vedic literature, the SrI sUkta, SraddhA sUkta, medhA sUkta,
uttaranArAyaNa, kaushItakI brAhamaNa and others deal with this subject”.
Then SrI BhaTTar gives several references from the purANa-s etc., that
speak of the Supremacy of pirATTi, starting with the following reference
from SrI vishNu purANa:
nityaiva eshA vishNoh SrIr-anapAyinI |
yathA sarvagato vishNuh tathaiveyamdvijottama ||
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(vishNu purANa 1.8.17)
“This Lakshmi is eternal, the universal Mother, and is ever in union with
VishNu. Just as VishNu pervades all things, she also does, O best of Brahmins”.
In Brahma PurANa, we have
tat Saktih durjayA bhImA vishNu-Saktih iti smRtA |
sarva bhUta hRdabjasthA nAnArUpa dharA parA ||
prANAkhyA mantra-mAtA ca viSvasya jananI dhruvA |
devI bhinnA’njana SyAmA nirguNA vyoma eva hi ||
"Her power is invincible and awe-inspiring and She is considered the power of
VishNu Himself. She is the Supreme Being who lives in the lotus-like hearts of
all beings of the universe and She is endowed with diverse forms. Her name is
prANa or life. She is the Mother of all mantras, and is the eternal Mother of
the Universe”.
tathaivaikA parASaktih SrIh tasya karuNASrayA |
j~nAnAdi shADguNya mayI yA proktA prakRtih parA ||
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