Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
सूनिको ध्वनिकश्चैव कौल्हिको मत्स्यघातकः । औनामिकस्तु चंडालः प्रकृत्याष्टादशैव ते
sūniko dhvanikaścaiva kaulhiko matsyaghātakaḥ | aunāmikastu caṃḍālaḥ prakṛtyāṣṭādaśaiva te
Tukang sembelih, pemain gendang/pemuzik, kaulhika (golongan tukang tertentu), dan pembunuh ikan; dan aunāmika dikatakan sebagai caṇḍāla—mereka ini berjumlah lapan belas menurut pengelasan semula jadi.
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.