Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 14
स विश्वकर्मा स हि विश्वरूप: स विश्वभुग् विश्वसृग् विश्वजिच्च । स शूलभृच्छोणित भृत् कराल- स््तं कर्मभिविंदितं वै स्तुवन्ति
sa viśvakarmā sa hi viśvarūpaḥ sa viśvabhug viśvasṛg viśvajic ca | sa śūlabhṛc choṇitabhṛt karālas taṃ karmabhir vinditaṃ vai stuvanti ||
Sabi ni Bhishma: Siya si Vishvakarma, ang panday ng sansinukob; tunay ngang siya ang may anyong pangkalahatan. Siya ang tumatangkilik sa sansinukob, ang lumilikha nito, at ang mananakop nito. Taglay niya ang trident, at hawak ang kopa ng bungo na puno ng dugo, nag-aanyong kakila-kilabot. Sa kanyang sari-saring gawa na naging bantog sa daigdig, si Sri Krishna ring iyon ang pinupuri ng lahat ng tao.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is that the supreme reality (here identified with Śrī Kṛṣṇa) encompasses all functions—creation, enjoyment/sustenance, and conquest—and may manifest both benevolent and fearsome forms. Ethical devotion (bhakti) is presented as discerning this comprehensive divine agency behind the world’s order and events.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira through hymnic praise and theological exposition. In this verse he extols Kṛṣṇa with cosmic titles (Viśvakarmā, Viśvarūpa, etc.) and describes a terrifying iconographic aspect (trident and blood-filled skull-cup), emphasizing Kṛṣṇa’s fame and the universal praise directed toward him.