[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) › [Vikramarkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra) › 1.10 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.10 Vikramārkacaritra 1.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.10) ityāśiṣaṃ prayujya rājahaste phalaṃ dattvāgravīt - 'bho rājannahaṃ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ mahāśmaśāne'ghoramantreṇa havanaṃ kariṣyāmi | tattavayottarasādhakena bhavitavyam' iti | rājāpi tatheti pratijñāya tena saha pitṛvanaṃ prāviśat tatra digambaro nṛpaṃ hantumārabhya tena svayameva hataḥ | tena prasaṅgena tasya rājño vetālo vaśaṃvado babhūva | aṣṭa mahāsiddhayaśca prāptāḥ | tatastribhuvane'sya kīrtiranargalā gaṅgeva babhūva | atrāntare suranagare rambhorvaśyornartananaipuṇe vivādaḥ samajāyata | tayorantaramavagantumamareṣu ko'pi na śaśāka | ekadā siṃhāsanamāsīnaṃ devaṃ vāsavaṃ nārado babhāṇa- 'deva dharātale vikramo nāma rājā jāgati | sa sakalakalābhijñaḥ | viśeṣataḥ saṅgītavidyāvicakṣaṇaḥ | sa evaitayorvivādanirṇayaṃ kartuṃ prabhavet' iti | tacchrutvā mahendro vikramamānetuṃ mātarhi preṣayāmāsa | vikramo'pi mātulisamānītaṃ rathamāruhya sahaiva vetālena sudharmāṃ praviśya vāsavena saṃmānitaḥ samucitamāsanamadhyāsta | tadānīṃ rambhorvaśyornṛttaṃ prāvartata | rājā tūrvaśīṃ praśaṃsa | nṛttaśāstrarahasyānyupanyasya jayamurvaśyai prādācca | pākaśāsanastu paraṃ saṃtuṣya maṇimayamatimanoharaṃ siṃhāsanamekamasmai prādāt | tasminsiṃhāsane dvātriṃśatsālabhañjikāḥ santi tāsāṃ śirasi padaṃ nidhāya tadadhyāsitavyam | rājā tu mahendramāpṛcchya tadāsanaṃ gṛhītvā nijaṃ nagaramagamat | tadanantaramekadā śubhe muhūrte vikramārko brāhmaṇāśīrvādapūrvakaṃ tatsiṃhāsanamāruhya rājyamakarot | evaṃ mahānkālo gataḥ | tata ekadā pratiṣṭhānagare kasyāṃcitkanyakāyāṃ śālīvāhano nāma samajāyata | tadānīmujjayinīṃ parito bhūkampadhūmaketudigdāhādīni durnimittāni dṛṣṭāni | tato vikramādityo daivajñānāhūya bhūkampādiphalaṃ papraccha daivajñā ūcuḥ—' bho deva yadayaṃ bhūkampaḥ sandhyākāle jātastato rājño'niṣṭaṃ sūcayati | tathā ca nāradīye — aniṣṭadaḥ kṣitīśānāṃ bhūkampaḥ sandhyayordvayoḥ rājñāṃ vināśapiśuno dhūmaketurudāhṛtaḥ - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.9) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.f4.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.10) · Pramāṇa