Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
कृतोपनयनः सोथ बालो गुरुकुले वसन् । चकार गुरुशुश्रूषां भिक्षान्नकृतभोजनः
kṛtopanayanaḥ sotha bālo gurukule vasan | cakāra guruśuśrūṣāṃ bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ
ഉപനയനം കഴിഞ്ഞ ശേഷം ആ ബാലൻ ഗുരുകുലത്തിൽ വസിച്ച് ഗുരുശുശ്രൂഷ ചെയ്തു; ഭിക്ഷയാൽ ലഭിച്ച അന്നം മാത്രമേ ഭക്ഷിച്ചിരുന്നുള്ളു।
Śiva (Devadeva) (continuing narration)
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Young Viśvakarman, sacred thread newly donned, lives in a forest-edge gurukula; he serves the guru—sweeping, fetching water, tending fire—subsisting on alms-food, embodying humility before mastery.
FAQs
Purāṇic greatness is grounded in dharma: discipline, humility, and service to the guru are portrayed as the foundation of later excellence.
None directly; this is biographical setup within the Viśvakarmeśvara māhātmya.
Upanayana is referenced; brahmacarya-style living—guru service and bhikṣā—is described.