[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) › 3.1-4 # Vikramarkacaritra 3.1-4 Vikramārkacaritra 3.1-4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-4) iti evaṃ stutvā śrīkṛṣṇaṃ ṣoḍaśabhirupacāraiḥ saṃpūjya yadyadapūrva vastu samānītaṃ tatsarvaṃ samarpya tatra dinatrayamuṣitvā tato nirgatya katipayairdinairnijanagaramājagāma | āgatya ca sarvānbāndhavānkṛṣṇaprasādena sambhāvya kimapyapūrvaṃ vastu gṛhītvā prabhāte vikramārkaṃ draṣṭuṃ jagāma | gatvā ca savinayaṃ kṛṣṇaprasādaṃ dattvā tadādiṣṭamāsanamadhyāsta | tato rājā yātrākṣemaṃ pṛṣṭvā kiṃ kimapūrvaṃ dṛṣṭamiti vaṇijamapṛcchat | so'pi samudramadhyadṛṣṭaṃ bhuvaneśvarīdevālayavṛttāntamavādīt | tacchrutvā samupajātakutūhalo rājā tena sārdhaṃ prāpa tadapūrvaṃ sthānam | tatra ca devatāvāmabhāge patitaṃ kabandhayugalamapaśyat | apāṭhīcca tānyakṣarāṇi | tadanantaraṃ rājā bhuvaneśvarīṃ stutvā khaḍgaṃ kośādākṛṣya yāvatkaṇṭhe cakāra tāvatkabandhayugalaṃ saśiraḥ sajīvaṃ ca samabhūt | devatāpi rājño hastasthitaṃ khaḍgamākṛṣyābravīt — ‘bho rājanprasannāsmi | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' iti | rājābravīt — ‘bho devi yadi prasannāsi tarhyasya mithunasya rājyaṃ dehi' iti | tato devī tatheti tasya mithunasya rājyamadāt | rājāpi dhanadena saha nijanagaramājagāma ” | iti kathāṃ kathayitvā sālabhañjikā rājānamabravīt — ' evaṃvidhaṃ sāhasādikaṃ tvayi na dṛśyate' iti | tacchrutvā rājā tato nivavṛte iti saptamamupākhyānam athāṣṭamamupākhyānam bhūyo'pi bhojarāje yathāpūrvamāgacchati pāñcālikānyā niṣidhya jagāda ‘bho bhoja, idaṃ punarananyasādhāraṇaṃ siṃhāsanam | yadi bhavānvikramābhinena sāhasādinā bhūṣyate tadā tvāmanujānāmi' iti | tato rājā kiṃcidavanatamukhaḥ 'sālabhañjike kathaya tasya sāhasādivṛttāntam' ityapṛcchat | sā bravīt — “rājan śṛṇu | vikramo rājā bhūmaṇḍale pravṛttā bahuvidhāḥ kathāścāramukhena samyagjānanvasumatīṃ paryapālayat | uktaṃ ca — gāvo gandhena paśyanti vedenaiva dvijātayaḥ cāraiḥ paśyanti rājānaścakṣurbhyāmitare janāḥ - [Previous: 3.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2-2) - [Next: 3.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.8.1) — Sanskrit - [Kathākusumamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.kathakusumamanjari.2.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-4) · Pramāṇa