[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) › 4.p5 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.p5 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 4.p5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p5) ity uktvā brāhmaṇaḥ parameśvaraprītyarthaṃ rudrānuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtavān. tata ekadā rātrau taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ svapne jaṭāmakuṭadhārī vṛṣabhavāhano vāmāñkasthitapriyaḥ parameśvaraḥ samavadat: bho brāhmaṇa, tvaṃ pradoṣavratam ācara; tena vratācaraṇena tava putro bhaviṣyati. prabhāte brāhmaṇena vṛddhānāṃ purataḥ svapnavṛttāntaḥ kathitaḥ. tair uktam: bho brāhmaṇa, yathārtho 'yaṃ svapnaḥ. uktaṃ ca svapnādhyāye: > Having said this, the brahmin performed the Rudra-rite to propitiate Parameśvara. Then one night, Parameśvara, wearing a crown of matted hair, mounted on a bull, with his beloved seated on his left thigh, spoke to that brahmin in a dream: ‘O brahmin, observe the pradoṣa vow; by observing that vow, you will have a son.’ In the morning, the brahmin related the account of the dream before the elders. They said: ‘O brahmin, this dream is true. And it is said in the treatise on dreams: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.5) - [Next: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.6) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.4.p5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p5) · Pramāṇa