Kāmākshī
Kāmākshī · kāma-akshī, “she of the loving eyes”
Devī Kāmākshī is one of the Mahāśaktis, and the form that the sanātanī Devī Mahālakshmī took to protect her bhakta, King Śaka. The Bhavishya Purāṇa speaks of her in the Madhyama Parva and in the Pratisarga Parva.
Devī Mahālakshmī as Kāmākshī
The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells that a king named Śaka worshipped Mahālakshmī, the sanātanī Devī. At the end of three years that Devī took the form of Kāmākshī and dwelt there to protect her bhakta.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 4
Among the Mahāśaktis
Sūta tells the brāhmaṇas that the pratishṭhā should be done duly of the images of Sūrya, Gaṇeśa, Brahmā and other devatās, and of the Mahāśaktis Vārāhī, Tripurādevī, Bhuvaneśvarī, Mahāmāyā, Ambikā, Kāmākshī, Indrākshī, Aparājitā and others.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 18–19
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 18–19; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 4