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In the Padma Purana,
The Vyogn Vaidyaras, the celestial beings, and the earth-dwellers, the Dharani Charas, exclaimed, "Well said, well said!" with a loud voice, as if liberated from a great burden. ||8||
"Be pleased, O God, be pleased, attain tranquility. O Lord! O Rama! O Rama! Do not entertain thoughts of fire in your mind." ||8||
"Sita is virtuous, Sita is virtuous, there is no other possibility. The wives of great men do not become corrupted." ||10||
Thus, the words, choked with tears, spread out from the agitated sea of people, encompassing all directions. ||11||
Large drops of tears fell from the deeply sorrowful beings, accompanied by a great roar. ||12||
Padma said, "If you are so inclined to show mercy, then why did you speak against her earlier?" ||13||
Thus, as if giving orders, Rama, who had fixed his mind on purity, relying on his supreme strength, commanded his servants, ||14||
"Dig two pits here, deep and three hundred cubits wide, square in shape. Then, fill them with dry, thick fuel of black agarwood and sandalwood, and make a fire that burns fiercely and quickly, a fire that appears like death itself, without delay." ||15-17||
Having said, "As you are commanded," the servants, with large axes in their hands, who were even more efficient than the servants of Yama, carried out all the tasks. ||18||
At the same time when Rama and Sita were having this conversation, and the servants were carrying out the terrifying task of setting fire, in the night that followed, the Muni Raja, adorned with all ornaments, was meditating in the Mahendrodya garden. Due to a previous enmity, a Rakshasi named Vidyudvaktra inflicted a great calamity upon him. ||66-101||
Then, King Shrenik asked the Muni Punagava, the Gautama Swami,
1. Gadgada Jan - M.
2. This verse is not present in the M. book.