Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24


Sanskrit:

यदैव कृष्ण: सन्दिष्ट: पार्थानां परमाद्‍भुतम् ।कारयामास नगरं विचित्रं विश्वकर्मणा ॥ २४ ॥

ITRANS:

yadaiva kṛṣṇaḥ sandiṣṭaḥpārthānāṁ paramādbutamkārayām āsa nagaraṁvicitraṁ viśvakarmaṇā

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.