ଶ୍ରୀସୂକ୍ତଂ ପୌରାଣିକମ୍

The Puranic Sri Sukta — the version used at the bathing of the goddess, distinct from the Vedic khila of the same name that most readers know. It keeps the shape of the Vedic hymn and its opening words, gold-coloured, and then diverges: gold-coloured, wearing a necklace of snow-white silver, the moon, and yours, and of the form of gold; call Lakshmi here for my sake, Jatavedas, she who has taken the form of a doe. That last detail is what marks the Puranic recension and the reason for its separate life — the Puranas tell of Lakshmi taking the shape of a golden doe and wandering in the forest, and the hymn addresses her in that form. The staged text carries the source's Hindi note recording that story.