Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3255
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3255
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c7.3255
1). *How she came to Laṅkā.* Laṅkālakṣmī was Vijayalakṣmī in her previous birth. She was the watch-girl of the treasury of Brahmā and one day finding her negligent of her duties Brahmā cursed her "Go to the earth and be the watch-girl of the palace-gate tower of Rāvaṇa". She begged for relief and Brahmā said, "During the incarnation of Viṣṇu as Rāma his wife Sītā will be carried away by Rāvaṇa and Hanūmān will come in search of her to Laṅkā. You will then block the way of that mightily monkey and he will then strike you down by a fierce blow of his hand. You will be then released from the curse and come back to me."