Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4733

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(v) Viśvakarmā once performed a sacrifice in Brahmavana. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 114, Stanza 17).
(vi) The aerial chariot Puṣpaka was made by Viśvakarmā. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 161, Stanza 37).
(vii) It was with an illusive ensign, made by Viśvakarmā, flying in front of the chariot that Arjuna fought against the Kauravas at Virāṭa. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 46, Stanza 3). (viii) Once Viśvakarmā quarrelled with Indra and created the son Viśvarūpa with three heads. (See under Viśvarūpa).
(ix) Viśvakarmā made the bow called Vijaya and gave it to Indra. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 41, Stanza 42).
(x) During the burning of Tripura, Viśvakarmā made a divine chariot and gave it to Śiva. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 34, Stanza 16).
(xi) To the reception and feast given by Bharadvāja to Bharata, who was going to the forest in search of Śrī Rāma who had gone to live in the forest, Viśvakarmā and Tvaṣṭā were also invited. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, Sarga 91).
(xii) Viśvakarmā once cut the face of a horse and attached it to the headless body of Mahāviṣṇu. That figure was given the name Hayagrīva. It was this Hayagrīva figure of Mahāviṣṇu, which killed the asura Hayagrīva. (See under Hayagrīva). (xiii) Viśvakarmā should be dedicated in temples in the form of wearing Akṣasūtra. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 51).
(xiv) It is stated in Kathāsaritsāgara, Madanamañcukālambaka Taraṅga 8, that Maya, the architect of the asuras, was the son of Viśvakarmā.
(xv) Laṅkā was built by Viśvakarmā. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa).
(xvi) Viśvakarmā once made a heaven for hermit Ātreya. (See under Ātreya). (xvii) Tilottamā was made by Viśvakarmā. (See under Tilottamā). (xviii) Viśvakarmā once turned the sun in his turning machine. (See under Saṃjñā).