[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Simhasanadvatrimshika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana) › 2.p1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 2.p1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 2.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.p1) punar api bhojarājo yāvat siṃhāsana upaveṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ, tāvad anyā puttalikā bhaṇati: bho rājan, vikramasyau 'dāryaṃ tvayi vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. bhojarājo vadati sma: bhoḥ puttalike, kathaya tasya vikramasyau 'dāryavṛttāntam. sā kathayati: bho rājan, śrūyatām. vikramādityo rājyaṃ kurvann ekadā cārān āhūyā 'bravīt: bho dūtāḥ, bhavantaḥ pṛthivīparibhramaṇaṃ kurvantaḥ pṛthivīmadhye yatra-yatra kautukaṃ tīrthaviśeṣaṃ ca vilokayanti, tan mama nivedayantu, aham tatra gamiṣyami. evaṃ kāle gata ekada deśantaraṃ paribhramyā 'gataḥ kaścid dūto rājāṇam abravīt: bho rājan, citrakūṭaparvatanikaṭe tapovanamadhye 'timanoharaṃ devalayam asti tatra parvatoccasthanād vimalā jaladhārā patati. tatra yadi snānaṃ kriyate, tarhi sarveṣāṃ mahāpātakādīnām api kṣayo bhavati. kiṃ ca: yas tu mahāpātakī snānaṃ karoti, tasyā 'ñgād atīvakṛṣṇam udakaṃ niḥsarati. yas tatra snānaṃ karoti, sa puṇyapuruṣaḥ. anyac ca: tatra kaścid brāhmaṇo mahati homakuṇḍe homaṃ karoti, na jñāyate kiyanti varṣāṇi jātāni. pratidinaṃ kuṇḍād bahiḥsthāpitaṃ bhasma parvatākāram asti. sa brāhmaṇaḥ kenāpi saha na bhāṣate. > When King Bhoja again approacht to mount the throne, another statue said: “O king, if the magnanimity of Vikrama is found in you, then mount upon this throne.” King Bhoja said: “O statue, tell me a tale of this Vikrama’s magnanimity.” She said: “Hear, O king. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Once when Vikramāditya was king he called his spies and said: “Messengers, do you, good sirs, travel about the earth, and wherever in the world you observe any strange thing or any unusually distinguisht place of pilgrimage, report it to me, and I will go thither.” Now after the lapse of some time, once a certain messenger came back from his wanderings in foreign parts and said to the king: “O king, in a penance-grove near Mount Citrakūṭa there is a beautiful shrine. From the top of the mountain in that place flows a pure stream of water. If one bathes there, then he is freed from all his crimes, however great. But if ever a great criminal bathes there, the water flows off from his body exceeding black. Whoever bathes there becomes a righteous man. Moreover a certain brahman has been making offerings there in a great sacrificial fireplace, for no one knows how many years. Every day ashes are taken out of the fireplace (and heapt up) mountain-high. And this brahman does not speak with any one. This very remarkable place I have seen.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.1.p2) - [Next: 2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.p2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.2.p3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.2.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.p1) · Pramāṇa