Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
कृतोपनयनः सोथ बालो गुरुकुले वसन् । चकार गुरुशुश्रूषां भिक्षान्नकृतभोजनः
kṛtopanayanaḥ sotha bālo gurukule vasan | cakāra guruśuśrūṣāṃ bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ
اپنَین سنسکار کے بعد وہ، اگرچہ لڑکا ہی تھا، گروکل میں رہنے لگا؛ گرو کی خدمت کرتا اور بھیک سے حاصل شدہ اناج ہی کھاتا تھا۔
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.