Hanuman's heroic odyssey to Lanka begins with him expanding his form to a mountain-like size on Mount Mahendra and leaping across the hundred-yोजन wide ocean to restore Dharma by finding Sita. During his flight, he successfully navigates celestial trials, including declining the rest offered by the golden mountain Mainaka, outwitting the nagamata Surasa by entering and exiting her massive mouth, and slaying the shadow-grabbing demoness Simhika from within. To infiltrate the heavily guarded city of Lanka, he reduces his size to that of a small cat and defeats the city's guardian deity, Lanka, who then recognizes the signs of Ravana's impending doom. Hanuman meticulously searches through Ravana's opulent palaces and the magnificent Pushpaka Vimana, briefly mistaking the sleeping Mandodari for Sita before realizing a woman of Sita's virtue would not be resting in such luxury. He finally discovers a grief-stricken and emaciated Sita under a Shansapa tree in the Ashoka Vatika, where she is surrounded by terrifying demonesses. From his hiding place in the tree, he narrates Rama's life story to win her confidence and eventually presents Rama's signet ring, providing her with the first ray of hope since her abduction. Before concluding his visit, he reassures her of Rama's imminent rescue, receives her Chudamani (crest-jewel) as a token of recognition, and proceeds to demonstrate his divine power by destroying Ravana's grove and slaying his forces, including Aksha Kumara.