The origin and activities of Alakṣmī - Verse 54
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 6.54
Sanskrit Original
क्षेत्रपालेथवा यत्र सभार्यस्त्वं समाविश। भिक्षुबिंबं च वै यस्य गृहे क्षपणकं तथा।।
kṣetrapālethavā yatra sabhāryastvaṃ samāviśa| bhikṣubiṃbaṃ ca vai yasya gṛhe kṣapaṇakaṃ tathā||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Accompanied by your wife enter that house where there is a single maid-servant, three cows, five buffaloes, six horses or seven elephants. With your wife enter the house of that person whose household deity is Kālī, Ḍākinī,[32] of the form of a ghost[33] or Kṣetrapāla (guardian of the holy centre). Freely enter the house wherein there is the idol of a Buddhist mendicant[34] (a buddhist anchorite)[35] or the statue of Buddha.[36] That house where the tongues of the inmates do not utter the name of Viṣṇu when going to bed, or taking up a seat, or moving about in the course of their activities such as taking food etc., is indeed yours. Enter that house along with your wife.