[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.3213 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3213 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3213 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3213](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3213) (v) \*Other births\*: Mahālakṣmī was born as a daughter to the sage Bhṛgu of Khyāti. When Mahāviṣṇu incarnated as Sūrya, Lakṣmī rose up from the lotus. When Viṣṇu became Paraśurāma, Lakṣmī became the earth. When Mahālakṣmī incarnated as Śrī Rāma, Lakṣmī became Sītā and when Viṣṇu was born as Kṛṣṇa Lakṣmī became Rādhā. Thus whenever and wherever Mahāviṣṇu changed his form, Mahālakṣmī also changed hers to form part of the changed life. (Chapter 9, Aṃśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa). - [Previous: c7.3212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3212) - [Next: c7.3214](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3214) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3213](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3213) · Pramāṇa