Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राह याज्ञवल्क्यसुतः सुधीः । विश्वकर्माणमाहूय प्रथमं द्विजसत्तमाः
etasminnaṃtare prāha yājñavalkyasutaḥ sudhīḥ | viśvakarmāṇamāhūya prathamaṃ dvijasattamāḥ
اسی دوران یاج्ञولکیہ کے دانا فرزند نے کلام کیا؛ اور دو بار جنم لینے والوں میں سب سے برتر نے سب سے پہلے وشوکرما کو طلب کیا۔
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.