[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) › 8.4-2.p1.2 # Vikramarkacaritra 8.4-2.p1.2 Vikramārkacaritra 8.4-2.p1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.4-2.p1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.4-2.p1.2) digambarasyāṇimādayo'ṣṭa siddhayo bhaviṣyanti | ato yadā sa digambaro namaskartuṃ tvāmādiśati tadā tvam 'ahaṃ sārvabhaumaḥ | sarve rājāno māṃ praṇamanti mayā tu na kadāpi praṇāmaḥ kṛtaḥ | ato'haṃ praṇantuṃ na jāne | prathamaṃ tvameva praṇāmamanuṣṭhāya darśaya' iti brūhi | tataḥ sa yadā praṇāmāya namro bhaviṣyati tadā tvaṃ tasya śiraśchinddhi | ahaṃ tatra brahmā bhūtvā havanaṃ pūrayiṣyāmi tena ca tavāṣṭa mahāsiddhayo vaśaṃvadā bhaviṣyanti ” | iti | evaṃ vetālena bodhito vikramastathaiva kṛtavān | tato vetālaḥ svayaṃ havanaṃ nirvartya digambarasya śiraḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ brahmārpaṇaṃ vidhāyāṇimādīraṣṭa mahāsiddhī rājasātkṛtvā jagāda — ‘vikramamahīpāla tavāhaṃ prasanno'smi varaṃ vṛṇīṣva’ iti | rājāpi ‘yadi mama prasanno jāto'si tarhīmaṃ digambaraṃ samuddhara | yadā cāhaṃ tvāṃ smariṣyāmi tadā tvaṃ saṃnidhātumarhasi’ iti prārthayata | vetālo'pi tatheti pratijñāya digambaraṃ samuddhṛtya nijaniveśaṃ viveśa | vikramo'pi tasmai digambarāya tā aṣṭa mahāsiddhīrdattvā svanagaraṃ viveśa ” | iti sāḷabhañjikākathitāṃ kathāṃ śrutvā bhojastāmāha — ‘satyamāha bhavatī | nāhaṃ vikramasārvabhaumasya śatatamīmapi kalāmarhāmi | vṛthaivāyamudyamo mayā bahuvāramakāri’ iti | evamuktvā mlānavadano nijajanma garhayanyathāgataṃ nivṛvṛte ityekatriṃśamupākhyānam atha dvātriṃśamupākhyānam bhūyo'pi bhojabhūpālaṃ jñātvāpi vikramamahimānaṃ tadīyasiṃhāsanamāroḍhuṃ samāgate kāpi pāñcālikā nivārya jagāda — hanta, kathamiyaṃ te durāśā - [Previous: 8.4-2.p1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.4-2.p1.1) - [Next: 8.4-2.p1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.4-2.p1.3) - [Up: 8.4-2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.4-2.p1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.4-2.p1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.4-2.p1.2) · Pramāṇa