Stories 9
Dharmapada and the crowning stone of Konark
Twelve hundred craftsmen under Bisu Maharana build the Sun temple for years.
Indra, Vishvakarma and the parade of ants
Indra will not let Vishvakarma stop building his palace until Vishnu, as a boy, shows him a column of ants that were each once an Indra.
Nala, son of Vishvakarma, builds the bridge to Lanka
The Ocean tells Rama that the monkey Nala, Vishvakarma's son, has his father's skill; Nala builds the bridge.
Samjna and the shadow wife
The Sun's wife cannot bear his splendour.
The Ribhus make four cups from one
Sent by the gods through Agni, three mortal brothers turn Tvashtri's single cup into four and win a share of Soma.
The carving of the images at Puri
An old carpenter carves the images of Jagannath from the log behind a closed door; in Puri's tradition the door is opened early and the images stay unfinished.
Tvashtri forges the thunderbolt
The Rigveda credits Tvashtri with making Indra's vajra and also remembers Indra taking his Soma; the Mahabharata has him build the Vajra from Dadhichi's bones.
Vishvakarma builds Lanka
The Ramayana's Uttara Kanda says Vishvakarma built golden Lanka on Mount Trikuta at Indra's command and gave it first to three Rakshasa brothers; later it passed to Kubera.
Vishvakarma makes Tilottama
At Brahma's order Vishvakarma creates a maiden from a particle of every gem to set the Asura brothers Sunda and Upasunda against each other.