Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19

Sanskrit:

विलोकयन्ती निरवद्यमात्मन:पदं ध्रुवं चाव्यभिचारिसद्गुणम् ।गन्धर्वसिद्धासुरयक्षचारण-त्रैपिष्टपेयादिषु नान्वविन्दत ॥ १९ ॥

ITRANS:

vilokayantī niravadyam ātmanaḥpadaṁ dhruvaṁ cāvyabhicāri-sad-guṇamgandharva-siddhāsura-yakṣa-cāraṇa-traipiṣṭapeyādiṣu nānvavindata

Translation:

While walking among the Gandharvas, Yakṣas, asuras, Siddhas, Cāraṇas and denizens of heaven, Lakṣmīdevī, the goddess of fortune, was scrutinizingly examining them, but she could not find anyone naturally endowed with all good qualities. None of them was devoid of faults, and therefore she could not take shelter of any of them.

Purport:

The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmīdevī, having been generated from the Ocean of Milk, was the daughter of the ocean. Thus she was allowed to select her own husband in a svayaṁvara ceremony. She examined every one of the candidates, but she could not find anyone suitably qualified to be her shelter. In other words, Nārāyaṇa, the natural husband of Lakṣmī, cannot be superseded by anyone in this material world.