Shri Lakshmi  is the goddess of wealth, light, wisdom and fortune, as well as luck, beauty and fertility. Lakshmi is the Mother of the Universe and Vishnu's Shakti. Shri Lakshmi is incorrectly connected only with money, She is also the goddess of prosperity, divinity and purity. She is also the goddess of Brahma-Vidya (divine knowledge) and one of her names is "Vidya" - which literally means knowledge.