Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
वर्धकिश्चित्रकश्चैव सूत्रको रजकस्तथा । गच्छकस्तन्तुकारश्च चक्रिकश्चर्मकारकः
vardhakiścitrakaścaiva sūtrako rajakastathā | gacchakastantukāraśca cakrikaścarmakārakaḥ
അതുപോലെ ആശാരി, ചിത്രകാരൻ, തുന്നൽക്കാരൻ, അലക്കുകാരൻ; അതുപോലെ ചുമടേറ്റുകാരൻ, നെയ്ത്തുകാരൻ, ചക്രം നിർമ്മിക്കുന്നവൻ, ചർമ്മകാരനും (ഇവിടെ) എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്നു.
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.
FAQs
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.