ଶ୍ରୀ ମହାଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ସହସ୍ରନାମ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍

A thousand names of Mahalakshmi with its full apparatus: the viniyoga gives Mahavishnu himself as the sage, anushtubh as the metre, Shrim as seed, Hrim as power and Hraim as pin. What follows the apparatus is not a name but an invitation, and it is one of the loveliest openings in this collection — lotus-faced, lotus-handed, worshipped by every world alone, make your nearness in my mind, you who stand on Vishnu's breast. The thousand names then run, and they close on the note the whole text has been holding: refuge of beings and herself without support, the collected one, foremost in good qualities, the affection that surpasses everything, standing in all beings, auspiciousness of all auspicious things, giver of the fruit both seen and unseen.