Out of compassion for his exiled son, Indra sends his personal architect, Preah Pisnukar (or Braḥ Bisṇukār, Vishvakarman) to the earth to build a palace for Ketumala in the human realm.
Preah Pisnukar orders the clearing of the forest around Phnom Bakheng, and the bringing of high quality stones to construct the complex.
[5] Later in 2009, Sokha Thoum, Horm Chhayly, and Hay Vanneth reorganized into modern, easier-to-read scripts, including a glossary for interpreting the ancient words used in the poem.
According to khmerologist Grégory Mikaelian, The Poem of Angkor Wat is a cosmogonic text of a new literary genre wanted by the royal government of Oudong engaged in a cycle of refoundation of power following the fall of their capital Longvek conquered by the Siamese in 1594.
[9] The Poem of Angkor Wat is a witness to the cultural shift of Cambodia after the fall of Longvek and reflects the "harmonization of [the] Brahmanic heritage and Theravada ideology.
To this day, The Poem of Angkor is often referred to by Khmer people, in popular plays and pastiche, as well as in the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.