Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.58.24

yadaiva kṛṣṇaḥ sandiṣṭaḥ

pārthānāḿ paramādbutam

kārayām āsa nagaraḿ

vicitraḿ viśvakarmaṇā

SYNONYMS

yadā eva — when; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; sandiṣṭaḥ — requested; pārthānām — for the sons of Pṛthā; parama — most; adbhutam — amazing; kārayām āsa — He had constructed; nagaram — a city; vicitram — full of variety; viśvakarmaṇā — by Viśvakarmā, the architect of the demigods.

TRANSLATION

[Describing a previous incident, Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:] Upon the request of the Pāṇḍavas, Lord Kṛṣṇa had Viśvakarmā build them a most wonderful and amazing city.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī mentions that this city was constructed before the burning of the Khāṇḍava forest and hence before the Lord found His bride Kālindī.

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