Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
शिल्पिकः स्वर्णकारकश्च दारुकः कांस्यकारकः । काडुकः कुम्भकारश्च प्रकृत्या उत्तमाश्च षट्
śilpikaḥ svarṇakārakaśca dārukaḥ kāṃsyakārakaḥ | kāḍukaḥ kumbhakāraśca prakṛtyā uttamāśca ṣaṭ
L’artisan, l’orfèvre, le travailleur du bois, le bronzier, le kāḍuka et le potier — ces six sont dits « excellents » selon leur classification naturelle.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: Temple workshop near a Gujarat shrine: goldsmith hammering ornaments, bronze-worker casting a vessel, wood-worker carving a beam, potter at wheel, master artisan overseeing; labeled as ‘six excellent by nature’.
FAQs
It records a hierarchy of occupational groups within the chapter’s dharma discourse.
No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse.
None; it is descriptive.