Simhasanadvatrimshika 14.p11

14.p11

vṛkṣamūle sthitasya mama yena rājyaṃ dattam, tasya cintā patitā. tena cintitaṃ ca: aho ayaṃ mayy evaṃ viśvāsaṃ viracya rājyabhāram arpitavān. idānīṃ mayā 'sya prayatno na kriyate yadi, tarhi mahān pratyavāyo bhaviṣyatī 'ti vicārya sa devo bhayaṃkararūpaṃ dhṛtvā sarvān arinṛpatīn amardayat. tato rājaśekharo rājā niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyam akarot. eṣā kathā vikrameṇa kathitā. tato yogī 'māṃ kathāṃ śrutvā 'tisaṃtuṣṭaḥ saṃs tasmai rajne kāśmīraliṅgam ekam dattva bhaṇati: bho rājan, etat kāśmīraliṅgaṃ cintāmaṇir iva cintitaṃ vastu dadāti; etat samyak pūjaya. rājā 'pi tathā 'stv ity uktvā tasmai praṇamya yāvan nagaramārga āgacchati,tāvad brāhmaṇaḥ kaścit samagatya:

This story was told by Vikrama. And when the ascetic heard the story he was much pleased, and gave the king a Kashmirian liñga [sign of Çiva’s power, used as an object of worship and as an amulet], saying: “O king, this Kashmirian liñga is like a wishing-stone; it gives any good thing you make a wish for. Treat it with great respect.” The king, saying “Very well,” bowed to the ascetic. And as he was going home, on the way to the city a certain brahman came up to him, and recited a blessing: 10. “May the Mountain-born Mother [girijā mātā, Pārvatī] protect you, and the Twelve-eyed one [her son, Skanda]; likewise the Son-in-law of the Mountain [giri-jāmātā, her consort, Çiva], the possessor of [twelve quarter-eyes, that is] three eyes.” And then he said: “O king, I have undertaken a vow in honor of a Çiva-liṅga; and I have lost the liṅga on the road, For three days now I have fasted. So give me that Çiva-liṅga, that I may break my fast.” Hearing this the king gave that brahman his Kashmirian liṅga, and went to his own city.