Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
रजकश्चर्मकारश्च नटो बुरुड एव च । कैवर्त्तमेदभिल्लाश्च सप्तैते अन्त्यजाः स्मृताः
rajakaścarmakāraśca naṭo buruḍa eva ca | kaivarttamedabhillāśca saptaite antyajāḥ smṛtāḥ
வண்ணான், தோல்தொழிலாளி, நடிகன்/நடனக்காரன், புருடன்; மேலும் கைவத்தன், மேதன், பில்லன்—இவ்வேழு பேர் ‘அந்த்யஜர்’ என ஸ்மிருதிகளில் நினைவுகூரப்படுகின்றனர்.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: At a river-ghāṭ near a temple-town: washerman at water, leather-worker with tools, actor/dancer (naṭa) performing, buruḍa figure (local community) present, and tribal groups (kaivartta/fisherfolk, meda, bhilla) at the periphery—contrasted with the temple spire and pilgrims, highlighting liminality.
FAQs
It preserves terminology of social-group classification in the text’s historical-dharma setting.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.