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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, the god gave him a necklace, a tiriṭa, a kundala, and a śara, all placed within a pot filled with holy water. || 650 || Then, going to the ocean, he reached the Vijayanta gate. Subduing the Varatanu there, just as he had subdued the eastern one, || 651 || he obtained a kaṭaka, a sājadā, a chūlāmaṇi, a head ornament, a praiveyaka, a cakrī, and a kaṭīsūtra. || 652 || Then, coming to the west, he entered the Sindhu gate, and, entering the ocean, he subdued Prabhasa, just as before. || 653 || Prabhasa gave him a garland called Santanak, a white umbrella with a net of pearls hanging from it, and other ornaments. || 654 || Then, going along the bank of the Sindhu, he gave his orders to the inhabitants of the western region and received their best goods. || 655 || Facing east, he subdued the inhabitants of Vijayā, obtaining elephants, horses, weapons, vidyadhara maidens, and many jewels. He made the mleccha inhabitants of the eastern region pay taxes, and then departed victorious. || 656-657 || Thus, Lakshmana subdued sixteen thousand pattabandha kings, one hundred and ten city-lords, and the gods of the three regions. His conquest of the directions was completed in forty-two years. Gods, vidyadharas, and earthly kings served him with folded hands. Thus, Lakshmana, the lord of the cakraratna, who walked ahead of his elder brother Ramachandra, and who was worshipped by all, entered Ayodhya, like Indra, adorned with auspicious garments and sought by the beautiful Kanta. || 658-661 || Then, when a pure lagna and auspicious muhurta arrived, the leaders of men, vidyadharas, and vyantara gods gathered together and placed the glorious Rama and Lakshmana on a single throne. They anointed them with a thousand and eight large pots of gold filled with holy water. Thus, they established them as rulers of the three regions and prayed that their Lakshmi might increase and their fame spread to the ends of the directions. After praying, they adorned them with large jeweled crowns, and with jeweled...