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 the discus of a thousand spokes was fashioned by Viśvakarman.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
All-making craftsman deity invoked as an authority on the mind and as a model of mastery.
Viśvakarmā, the wise one, knows it.
as Viśvakarman from the great utterance;
O Viśvakarman, homage to you;
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.
What was the forest, what was the tree from which they fashioned heaven and earth?
Today in the contest we call upon the Lord of Speech, Viśvakarman, swift as thought, for our aid.