As said in the Hindu mythology, Sri or Shri is the name of Goddess Lakshmi. In the Vishnu, Garuda, Linga, and Padma Puranas, Sri is said to be born as the daughter of the divine sage Bhrigu who was the mind-born son of Lord Brahma.
Sri is usually considered to be the female energy of Lord Vishnu. Sri is inseparable from Vishnu and is therefore always there wherever Vishnu is. It is said that Vishnu is the sun and she its splendor; he is the moon and she is the radiance.
Sri is the goddess of wealth and fortune. Sri or Lakshmi is the personification of Love, from which dedication to God or Bhakti flows from. It is considered that through devotion or Bhakti that is Lakshmi, the soul (atma) is capable to reach God or Vishnu.
Devi Sri is also the embodiment of the Devine energy within human being and universe, called Kundalini. She also symbolizes the Spiritual World or Vaikuntha. Vaikuntha is the domicile of Vishnu and Sri (Lakshmi-Narayana), this is believed to be Heaven in Hinduism. She is also the Divine qualities of God and the soul. Sri is Lord Vishnu`s superior spiritual feminine energy or the Param Prakriti. The Param Prakriti sanitizes, makes one powerful and strengthens the individual. Thus She is called the Goddess of Fortune.
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