The inscriptions on these plates describe how the temple was built along with a salai (boarding school) for 95 students to study the Vedas and other subjects in the Taittiriya, Talavakara and Bhavishya śākhas.

His Huzur inscription, dated to 28 April 869 CE, records the construction of the temple of "Vishnu-bhattarakar" and the naming of the place as Parthiva-shekhara-puram, now shortened to Parthiva-puram.

The inscription also states that the donor arranged for a capital amount to provide for the repairs to the temple: a local potter named Kaman Chengodan and other men from his extended family were required to maintain major parts of the temple out of the interest accruing from this capital.

[5] According to Epigraphia Indica Volume 42 (1989), this 923 CE inscription is the earliest known record dated in the Kollam Era.

All its talas (levels of the tapering spire above the sanctum) are of bricks, and they include the architectural features such kutas, panjaras and salas found in Hindu temples of South India.

[6] Beyond the square sanctum with Vishnu inside, the temple features a mukha-mandapa (main pavilion) allowing devotees to enter from three directions, a portico with a few steps, and a namaskara-mandapa with Garuda.

[6] These restorations or additions have preserved the original temple's classical sandhara vimana architecture, relatively common in much of Kerala.

[6] The temple compound stones and the base mouldings feature minor inscriptions, with one that mentions a "Vira Chola" – likely Virarajendra.

[1] [2] According to Jayadevan, this aspect of temple and school construction as recorded by the Ay king is notable and suggests that the farming community in Travancore region of India had highly developed land rights in the 9th-century.

[1] The fourth plate calls upon the communities in the kingdom to protect and support the temple, the school and its students.

[1] The fourth and fifth plates provide the Vedic and related studies focus and constitution for the school:[1][2][9] The temple illustrates and follows the guidelines given in the Hindu text Karanagamma.

It states that temples dedicated to worship of deities should serve many more social purposes, such as including and managing schools.

[14] Rao states that inscriptions evidence points to similar schools in 9th-century Kanyakumari, called Srivallabhapperunjalai, another in the temple at Tiruvorriyur.

These schools were supported by a combination of state financing, wealthy donors and the daily food and others donations of the Vishnu devotees.

[14][15] The Parthasarathy temple, Parthivapuram is an ASI protected heritage monument and is managed by the Thrissur circle, Kerala.