'You by your own energy are the architect of the great gods, endowed with energy and prowess and strength. Do you, O magnanimous one, construct a fabric for us after our heart hard by Himavān, or Meru, or Mandara. And do you erect a magnificent mansion for us resembling the mansion itself of Maheśvara.' Thereat Viśvakarmā the mighty-arm of the Rākṣasas spoke of a building like the Amarāvati of Sakra.
ओजस्तेजोबलवतां महतामात्मतेजसा। गृहकर्ता भवानेव देवानां हृदयेप्सितम्॥ अस्माकमपि तावत्त्वं गृहं कुरु महामते। हिमवन्तमुपाश्रित्य मेरुमन्दरमेव वा॥ महेश्वरगृहप्रख्यं गृहं नः क्रियतां महत्। विश्वकर्मा ततस्तेषां राक्षसानां महाभुजः॥ निवासं कथयामास शक्रस्येवामरावतीम्।