Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.196

c9.196

30). *Return.* Rāma and others, who were pleased with the turn of events, crowned Vibhīṣaṇa King of Laṅkā. Trijaṭā was put in charge of dressing Sītā in new clothes. Apsarās appeared on the scene. Śacidevī presented to Sītā a chain, Urvaśī an ornament for the head, Menakā, two bangles, Rambhā a waist-let, Tilottamā a set of chains for the feet, and Anasūyā, wife of Atri, a Cūḍāmaṇi. When she wore all these ornaments Sītā appeared to be equal to Lakṣmīdevī in grandeur and charm. She was brought in a palanquin to Śrī Rāma by Vibhīṣaṇa and others. Rāma was taken aback by the glamorous dress, ornaments etc. of Sītā, and immediately a suspicion arose in his mind, and he kept mum after asking Lakṣmaṇa to do whatever Sītā wanted. As soon as she heard those words of Rāma, Sītā asked Lakṣmaṇa to light a funeral pyre saying that the woman suspected by her husband should not live and so she (Sītā) would quit her life in the very presence of Rāma.