The episode of Panji Semirang tells another version of the story. The story
begins with the disappearance of Candra Kirana from the palace. After Candra
Kirana disappears, a princess who claims to be Candra Kirana, though different
in appearance, attempts to console Prince Panji, and alleges that she was
carried off by Durga,
and will regain her original appearance as soon as they are married. Panji
orders preparations for the wedding to resume, not knowing that the consoler is
in reality a demon-princess who wants Panji for herself.
Meanwhile, the true Candra Kirana, alone in the forest, is advised by the
gods that she must return to the palace disguised as a man to be reunited with
Panji. She does so, and upon entering the city, discovers the wedding plans to
the false Candra Kirana, delivers a letter to Panji revealing the true
situation, and vanishes. Upon discovering this, Panji rushes to search for his
love while his courtiers kill the demonic impostor.
Panji in his search undergoes many adventures, staying in forests with
hermits, working as a servant in different palaces, always hoping to find
traces of his lost bride. Candra Kirana, meanwhile, continues in her male
disguise, undergoes her own set of adventures, and ends up as the king of Bali.
In the climax of the story, Panji and Candra Kirana unknowingly oppose each
other on the battlefield. There, as witnesses are ordered to leave, she confides
to her opponent that she is the bride of Panji, and that the disguise was
assumed because of a command of the gods that she could win back her prince
only in a face-to-face combat where his blood is made to flow. Still not aware
that she is fighting her prince, they continue the fight with swords and
arrows, but she is unable to harm him until she resorts to her hairpin. As
Panji is wounded, he reveals his identity, and they are happily reunited.