अक्षस्त्रक्परशुंगदेषुकुलिशंपद्मंधनुष्कुण्डिकां दण्डंशक्तिमसिंचचर्मजलजंघघण्टांसुराभाजनम्। शूलंपाशसुदर्शनेचदधतींहस्तै:प्रसन्नाननाम् सेवेसैरिभममर्दिनीमिहमहालक्ष्मींसरोजस्थिताम् ।। akṣasrak paraśuṃ gadeṣu kuliśaṃ padmaṃ dhanuṣ kuṇḍikāṃ daṇḍaṃ śaktim asiṃ ca carma jalajaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ surābhājanam। śūlaṃ pāśa sudarśane ca dadhatīṃ hastaiḥ prasannānanām seve sairibha mardinīm iha mahālakṣmīṃ saroja sthitām।। I worship Mahālakṣmī, the destroyer of Mahiṣāsura. She is seated on a lotus and has a contented face. In her (eighteen) hands she holds a rudrākṣa rosary, an axe, a mace, an arrow, a thunderbolt, a lotus, a bow, a pitcher, a stick, a lance, a sword, a shield, a conch, a bell, a nectar cup, a spear, a net, and the Sudarśana.
A Mahalakshmi on Ashtami based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam (Source) by @rishabhaa
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