Skanda Purana 4.101.7

4.101.7

5 amaraprārthanāmaṅgīkṛtya vindhyavṛddhinirākaraṇāya bhāryayā sahā'gastyamuneḥ kāśīkṣetrādbahiḥ prayāṇam, kāśīviyogaduḥkhitasya munerviśvanāthakālabhairavādidevatājñāgrahaṇapūrvakaṃ viśeṣato vilāpakaraṇam, agastyamunimāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā vindhyasya kharvatāsvīkāraḥ, yāvanmamāgamanaṃ punarna bhavettāvatkharvataro bhaveti muneradriṃ prati kathanam, munermahālakṣmīdarśanam, agastyamunināḥ mahālakṣmīstotrakaraṇam, mahālakṣmyā'gastyāya varapradānam, agastasyāgre prayāṇaṃ ca..... ... 23

5. The departure of the sage Agastya outside the sacred field of Kāśī with his wife to stop the growth of Vindhya, having accepted the prayer of the immortals; the sage's extensive lamentation, afflicted by the grief of separation from Kāśī, having first taken leave of deities such as Viśvanātha and Kālabhairava; Vindhya's assumption of a dwarfed form upon seeing the sage Agastya approach; the sage's statement to the mountain: "Remain even more dwarfed until my return"; the sage's darśana of Mahālakṣmī; the composition of the Mahālakṣmī hymn by the sage Agastya; Mahālakṣmī's granting of a boon to Agastya; and Agastya's further departure. 23