Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राह याज्ञवल्क्यसुतः सुधीः । विश्वकर्माणमाहूय प्रथमं द्विजसत्तमाः
etasminnaṃtare prāha yājñavalkyasutaḥ sudhīḥ | viśvakarmāṇamāhūya prathamaṃ dvijasattamāḥ
அந்நேரத்தில் யாஜ்ஞவல்க்யரின் ஞானமிகு புதல்வன் உரைத்தான்; மேலும் சிறந்த இருபிறப்பினர் முதலில் விஸ்வகர்மனை அழைத்தனர்.
Unspecified in snippet (narration; introduces Yājñavalkya’s son as a speaker)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wise ṛṣi, identified as Yājñavalkya’s son, speaks decisively; he summons Viśvakarman before the assembled eminent brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
Sacred institutions arise through the cooperation of spiritual insight (ṛṣi) and skilled creation (Viśvakarman).
Not specified in this verse; it sets up an instruction to Viśvakarman within the chapter’s tīrtha context.
None explicitly; the verse narrates the summoning of Viśvakarman.