Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
शिल्पिकः स्वर्णकारकश्च दारुकः कांस्यकारकः । काडुकः कुम्भकारश्च प्रकृत्या उत्तमाश्च षट्
śilpikaḥ svarṇakārakaśca dārukaḥ kāṃsyakārakaḥ | kāḍukaḥ kumbhakāraśca prakṛtyā uttamāśca ṣaṭ
சிற்பி, பொற்கொல்லன், மரவேலைக்காரன், வெண்கலக் கலைஞன், காடுகன், குயவன்—இயல்புக் கணக்கில் இவ்வாறு ஆறு பேர் ‘உத்தமர்’ எனச் சொல்லப்படுகின்றனர்.
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.
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