sentences:  Śrī Sūkta is perhaps the first text in which the homology between "Śrī" and "Lakṣmī" is drawn, and the goddesses are further associated with the god of fire, Agni.Since the later epic period (ca 400 CE), Śrī-Lakṣmī is particularly associated with Viṣṇu as his wife or consort.The "Śrī Sūkta" describes "Śrī " as glorious, ornamented, royal, lustrous as gold, and radiant as fire, moon and the sun.