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।
ojastejobalavatāṃ mahatāmātmatejasā| gṛhakartā bhavāneva devānāṃ hṛdayepsitam|| asmākamapi tāvattvaṃ gṛhaṃ kuru mahāmate| himavantamupāśritya merumandarameva vā|| maheśvaragṛhaprakhyaṃ gṛhaṃ naḥ kriyatāṃ mahat| viśvakarmā tatasteṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahābhujaḥ|| nivāsaṃ kathayāmāsa śakrasyevāmarāvatīm|
English Meaning
'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.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)