Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
सूनिको ध्वनिकश्चैव कौल्हिको मत्स्यघातकः । औनामिकस्तु चंडालः प्रकृत्याष्टादशैव ते
sūniko dhvanikaścaiva kaulhiko matsyaghātakaḥ | aunāmikastu caṃḍālaḥ prakṛtyāṣṭādaśaiva te
Le boucher, le batteur de tambour/musicien, le kaulhika (un groupe artisanal déterminé) et le tueur de poissons ; et l’aunāmika est dit caṇḍāla — ceux-ci sont au nombre de dix-huit selon leur classification naturelle.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A didactic tableau: figures representing butcher, drummer, artisan-group ‘kaulhika’, fish-slayer, and an aunāmika labeled as caṇḍāla—shown at the edge of a tīrtha precinct, with a narrator-sage indicating categories on a palm-leaf register.
FAQs
It continues a classificatory description used in the chapter’s dharma framing, rather than a direct sādhanā instruction.
No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None directly stated.