Viśvakarman
deity figure · 3 works · 17 mentions · 27 anchored passages
Viśvakarmā · Vishvaveda · inexhaustible foremost among craftsmen · the all-doing
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Divine architect and craftsman credited with making the two great bows of Śiva and Viṣṇu.
"These two are the foremost of bows — divine, renowned throughout the worlds, firm, powerful, supreme, and well crafted by Viśvakarman.
"This divine and mighty bow, adorned with gold and diamond, belonging to Viṣṇu, O tiger among men, was fashioned by Viśvakarman—
"There is the divine palace of Kubera, fashioned by Viśvakarman, white as a cloud, adorned with Jāmbūnada gold.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
All-making craftsman deity invoked as an authority on the mind and as a model of mastery.
as Viśvakarman from the great utterance;
Viśvakarmā, the wise one, knows it.
Let the gods come well-disposed to this sacrifice spread wide by Viśvakarman.
Rigveda
Cosmic craftsman-god who fashions and upholds heaven and earth and assigns names.
O Viśvakarman, strengthened by the oblation, sacrifice earth and heaven yourself.
He who is our father, our begetter and ordainer, who knows all the abodes and all the worlds, who alone assigns the names of the gods — to him the other beings come with their inquiry.
Today in the contest we call upon the Lord of Speech, Viśvakarman, swift as thought, for our aid.