Simhasanadvatrimshika 13.p1

13.p1

Again, as the king was about to sit on the throne, another statuette said: "O King, he alone is capable of sitting on this throne who has generosity and other virtues like Vikrama's." King Bhoja said: "O statuette, tell of his generosity." The statuette said: "Listen, O King. Once Vikramārka, having placed the burden of the kingdom on his ministers, went out himself in the guise of an ascetic to travel the earth. He spends one night in a village, and passes five nights in a city. Wandering thus, once he came to a city. On the bank of a river situated near that city, there was a temple. In that temple, all the citizens were listening to a Purāṇa from a reciter of Purāṇas. The king too, having bathed in the river, went to the temple, bowed to the deity, and sat down near the citizens. At that time, the reciter of Purāṇas recited verses from the Purāṇa: