A देवी who was relieved of her curse by a hard stroke of his hand by हनूमान् .

How she came to लङ्का

. लङ्कालक्ष्मी was विजयलक्ष्मी in her previous birth. She was the watch-girl of the treasury of ब्रह्मा and one day finding her negligent of her duties ब्रह्मा cursed her "Go to the earth and be the watch-girl of the palace-gate tower of रावण ". She begged for relief and ब्रह्मा said, "During the incarnation of विष्णु as राम his wife सीता will be carried away by रावण and हनूमान् will come in search of her to लङ्का . You will then block the way of that mighty monkey and he will then strike you down by a fierce blow of his hand. You will be then released from the curse and come back to me." विजयलक्ष्मी accordingly was born in लङ्का and became the watch-girl of रावण 's palace.

Release from the curse

हनूमान् coming to लङ्का in search of सीता tried to find an opening through which to enter लङ्का . Then he saw a huge tower-gate on the northern side of the mountain सुवेलगिरि . When he reached the gate he found it closed. The mighty monkey beat hard on the door and the strong door burst into two and fell on to the floor. Instantly a ferocious woman of enormous size rushed to the gate with a piercing roar and blocked it. हनूमान् found the situation dangerous and so gave her a powerful blow and felled her. She then very politely asked हनूमान् who he was and हनूमान् revealed his identity and told her the purpose of his visit. लन्कालक्ष्मी then took leave of हनूमान् and leaving लङ्का went to श्री राम and worshipped him. राम blessed her and she returned to सत्यलोक and started doing her duties as before. (Sundara Kāṇḍa, Kamba Rāmāyaṇa)