Simhasanadvatrimshika 14.p12

14.p12

ity āśiṣam uccāryo 'ktavān: bho rājan, mama śivaliṅgapūjane niyamaḥ; mārge liṅgaṃ dhāvitam. dinatrayam upoṣaṇaṃ jātam, tarhi mahyam etac chivaliṅgaṃ dātavyam, upoṣaṇān niṣkṛtir bhaviṣyati. tac chrutvā rājā 'pi tasmai brāhmaṇāya kāśmīraliṅgaṃ dattvā nijanagaram agamat. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam avadat: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryādayo guṇā vidyante cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. etac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ. iti caturdaśākhyānam

Having told this story the statue said to the king: “O king, if you possess such magnanimity and other virtues, then mount upon this throne.” Hearing this the king was silent.

Here ends the fourteenth story