Brihat Samhita
रक्ताशोकनिकाशं चतुरस्रं विश्वकर्मणा प्रथमम् । रशना स्वयम्भुवा शङ्करेण चानेकवर्णगा दत्ता ॥ ४३-४२ ॥
The four-sided figure, which looked like red ashoka, was first built by Viśvakarmā. Lord Śiva, the self-born Lord, gave him a belt of various colours.
english translation
raktAzokanikAzaM caturasraM vizvakarmaNA prathamam । razanA svayambhuvA zaGkareNa cAnekavarNagA dattA ॥ 43-42 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript