Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
चमत्कारपुरे पूर्वमासीत्कश्चित्सुशल्यवित् । रजकः शुद्धकोनाम पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः
camatkārapure pūrvamāsītkaścitsuśalyavit | rajakaḥ śuddhakonāma putrapautrasamanvitaḥ
முன்னொரு காலத்தில் சமத்காரபுரத்தில் ‘சுத்தக’ என்ற பெயருடைய ஒரு வண்ணான் இருந்தான்; தன் தொழிலில் திறமைமிக்கவன், மகன்களும் பேரன்களும் உடையவன்.
Sūta (narrator, continuing)
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas/sages)
Scene: A bustling town scene: the washerman Śuddhaka at work with dyed cloth bundles, surrounded by sons and grandsons; the town’s name hints at marvels to come.
FAQs
Purāṇas link tīrtha-māhātmya to everyday social life, showing how ordinary professions become part of dharmic storytelling.
The immediate setting is Camatkārapura; the tīrtha context continues from Śuklatīrtha in the same adhyāya.
None; the verse introduces a character and locale for the ensuing tīrtha-related account.