Adi Lakshmi Puja

About Adi Lakshmi Puja

The word Adi means the source, and Adi Lakshmi means the Lakshmi or the Goddess who connects us with our source i.e. our soul or atman as we call it in Hinduism. The worshippers of Adi Lakshmi get connected to their inner self and are free from all kind of materialistic obstructions and spend their life in eternal bliss. Adi Lakshmi is also called the Maha Lakshmi as she is the source of the rest of the forms of Goddess.

Adi Lakshmi is seen as the four-armed Goddess, carrying a lotus in one hand and, a white flag in the other hand. With her third hand, she makes Varda Mudra and with the fourth, she is shown making the Abhaya Mudra. Her four hands represent four very important aspects of the life of a Hindu, namely; Dharma, Kama, Artha and Moksha. She is considered as a symbol; of clear knowledge, cleanliness and purity of thoughts. The three Gunas i.e. Satva (goodness), Rajas (passion) and Tama (darkness) is believed to have emerged from Adi Lakshami symbolising her as an eternal womb in which the cycle of creation i.e., birth, and destruction, i.e. is death keeps on taking place. For common people all these facts are unfathomable so one can easily understand one simple thing and that is, this world cannot be imagined without Adi Lakshami.

Adi Lakshmi is the Lakshmi who is always there, that means the Goddess that has no end and she is the most primaeval form of goddess Lakshmi. She is always seen serving Lord Vishnu who symbolises the survival of life, thus Adi Lakshmi is always depicted as in service of the universe. Although Narayan and Lakshmi are not different, she is the Shakti of Narayana, yet she is depicted to be supporting the main act of Narayana, to sustain the whole universe. Most of the times she becomes the mediator between Lord Vishnu and his devotees. They approach Vishnu through Devi Lakshami to ask for his forgiveness and blessings. it is believed that no prayer goes unheard if done through Goddess Adi Lakshmi as she is the Shakti of Vishnu and they both sustain the survival of the universe.

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