Watugunung - (Wayang Kulit)

Watugunung - son of King Palindriya

Title	Watugunung - (Prabu) - Mahabharata
Other names	Radite
Size	50 cm
Personal data	Watugunung is the son of King Palindriya and Dewi Sinta, from the Kingdom of Gilingwesi. When Watugunung was still in the womb, his mother Dewi Sinta left the palace because she was polygamous with her own brother.
Appearance	King Watugunung had knitted eyes and a sharp nose. Wearing a royal crown, a three-tiered crown with an eagle facing backwards, a praba (clothing similar to wings) on the right and left shoulders. Generally, this praba was only for kings and great knights. Wristed, pontohed, and rattling. Dressed in royal form.
Collection	Private collection

Watugunung – (Prabu) – Mahabharata

Watugunung is the son of King Palindriya and Dewi Sinta, from the Kingdom of Gilingwesi. When Dewi Sinta was pregnant she left the kingdom, because her husband was also married to her sister. She went to the jungle where she gave birth to her son Raden Wudug. One day she got so angry with her son that she hit him with a wooden spoon and left a scar he would have for a lifetime on his head. After this incident, Raden Wudug left his mother, changed his name to Radite, learned many skills, meditated and became a very powerful warrior. Raden Radite then, because of his supernatural powers, succeeded in becoming king of Gilingwesi country and was given the title Prabu Watugunung. He also married Sinta.

One day King Watu Gunung and his wife Sinta were in the palace garden. After they had been walking awhile, he asked his wife to give him a head massage. Dewi Sinta saw the scar on the head, and became curious. She was so curious, that she asked him about the origins of the scar. Prabu Watu Gunung explained that the scar was from long ago when he lived with his mother in the forest. He told her that he had asked for food when his mother still cooking. He then began to cry, which is why his mother hit him with wooden spoon.

After hearing this story, Dewi Sinta realized that her husband was her son. She felt so embarrassed and guilty that she ran to her bed chambers and lock the door for many days. Prabu Watu Gunung eventually approached his wife and told his wife that he would do whatever she wanted of him. Dewi Sinta told him that she would like her husband to have the goddess Supraba as a second wife. She knew that to get Supraba as his second wife, Watu Gunung would have to go to heaven and ask Bathari Guru for permission, which would surely result in his death, thereby destroying any traces of her guilt.

Prabu Watu Gunung and his troops went to the heaven Suralaya and asked the god Guru for Supraba. Bathara Guru was so angry with Prabu Watu Gunung, that he commanded all of the gods to kill all the soldiers from Gilingwesi. During the war between gods and troops from Gilingsesi, Prabu Watu Gunung was killed by the god Wisnu. The rest of the soldiers who survived went back to the Kingdom of Gilingwesi kingdom to report the death of the king to the queen Sinta. Dewi Sinta could not live with all these sins, and she finally killed herself.

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Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka – 1982