[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) › 2.1 # Vikramarkacaritra 2.1 Vikramārkacaritra 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1) iti kimevaṃvidhamaudāryaṃ tvayi vidyate ?' iti | śrutvā bhojarājastūṣṇīṃ pratyāvartata iti prathamamupākhyānam atha dvitīyamupākhyānam bhūyo'pyekadā bhojarājaḥ śubhe muhūrte yāvadvikramārkasiṃhāsanamāroḍhumājagāma tāvaddvitīyasopānasthā sālabhañjikābhaṇat | 'bhojarāja vikramārkasyaudāryādikaṃ yadi tvayi vidyate tadāsminsiṃhāsane samupaviśa' iti rājā prāha—'sālabhañjike kathaya tasyaudāryādikam' iti | tataḥ sā tadvṛttāntaṃ vaktumārebhe— "vikramādityo rājyaṃ kurvannekadā cārānāhūyābravīt --' sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ paribhramata | yatra yatra kautukapradaṃ tīrthaṃ devāyatanamanyāni vā tathāvidhāni vilokayatha tanmama nivedayata' iti | cārāstu 'yadājñāpayati devaḥ' iti niṣkrāntāḥ | athaikadā deśāntaraṃ paribhramyāgataḥ kaściddūto rājānaṃ praṇamya vyajijñapat — 'deva citrakūṭaparvatanikaṭavartinapovanamadhye manoharaḥ kaściddevālayogsti | tatra ca parvate'tyudgamācchikharādvimalā kāpi jaladhārā patati | tatra snānamātreṇa mahāpātakādīnyapi naśyanti ! kiṃca yastu pāpīyāṃstatra snānamācarati tasyāṅgādatīva kaluṣamudakaṃ niḥsarati | tena sa pūto bhavati | anyacca tatra kaścidbrāhmaṇo mahati homakuṇḍe pratidinaṃ juhoti | na jāne tasya kati vatsarā gatā iti | pratidinaṃ kuṇḍābahiḥ preritaṃ bhasma parvatākāraṃ dṛśyate | sa kenāpi na bhāṣate evamaticitraṃ sthānamadrākṣīdayaṃ janaḥ' iti | tacchrutvā rājā svayamekākī tena saha taṃ giri gatvā paramānandaṃ prāpya 'aho pavitramidaṃ sthānam atra sākṣājjagadambikā vasati | paśyata eva me mano vimalaṃ bhavati | kiṃ punaściraṃ nivasatam' iti bruvaṃstatra nirjhare snātvā devatāṃ praṇamya yatra brāhmaṇo homaṃ karoti tatra gatvā tamapṛcchat | brāhmaṇaḥ 'yadā samardhimaṇḍalaṃ revatīprathamacaraṇamadhyāsta tadāhamayatiṣi | idānīṃ tadaśvinīnakṣatre tiṣṭhati juhato me varṣaśatamabhūt | tathāpi devatā prasannā nābhavat' iti | tacchrutvā rājā svayaṃ devatāṃ smṛtvā juhāva | tathāpi devatā prasādaṃ na vidadhe | anantaramiṣṭasāhaso rājā svaśīrṣamutkṛtya juhomīti paryālocya yāvatkaṇṭhe khaṅgaṃ nikṣikṣepa tāvaddevatā kṛpāṇaṃ gṛhītvābravīt - 'bhoḥ sāhasinprasannāsmi varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' iti | rājāpṛcchat - 'ayaṃ brāhmaṇaścirādatiniyamena juhoti | kuto'sya mameva prasādaṃ na kṛtavatī ?' iti | tato devatā prāha - 'bho rājannayaṃ cirādanutiṣṭhatyeva | paramasya cetaḥ svasthaṃ na babhūva | cañcalacittasya tapaḥ phalāya na kalpate | uktaṃ ca - aṅgulyagreṇa yajjaptaṃ yajjaptaṃ parvalaṅghanaiḥ vyagracittena yajjaptaṃ trividhaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet - [Previous: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.28) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.321) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1) · Pramāṇa