Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
वर्धकिश्चित्रकश्चैव सूत्रको रजकस्तथा । गच्छकस्तन्तुकारश्च चक्रिकश्चर्मकारकः
vardhakiścitrakaścaiva sūtrako rajakastathā | gacchakastantukāraśca cakrikaścarmakārakaḥ
Also enumerated are the carpenter, the painter, the tailor, and the washerman; likewise the carrier, the weaver, the wheel-maker, and the leather-worker.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A bustling tīrtha-town street near a shrine/ghāṭ where various artisans are shown: carpenter with tools, painter with pigments, tailor with cloth, washerman at riverbank, porter carrying loads, weaver at loom, wheel-maker with cartwheel, leather-worker with hides—presented as a civic panorama.
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The verse enumerates community occupations as part of a broader dharma discussion rather than teaching a standalone ritual.
No tīrtha is named in this occupational list.
None directly; it is descriptive enumeration.
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