Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

वर्धकिश्चित्रकश्चैव सूत्रको रजकस्तथा । गच्छकस्तन्तुकारश्च चक्रिकश्चर्मकारकः

Transliteration

vardhakiścitrakaścaiva sūtrako rajakastathā | gacchakastantukāraśca cakrikaścarmakārakaḥ

Translation

ยังได้กล่าวนับรวมช่างไม้ ช่างเขียน ช่างตัดเย็บ และคนซักผ้า; อีกทั้งผู้หาบหาม คนทอผ้า ช่างทำล้อ และช่างหนังด้วย

Word by Word

• वर्धकिः: carpenter/builder (vardhaki)
• वर्धकिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्धकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चित्रकः: painter
• चित्रकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Discourse Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात

• सूत्रकः: thread-maker/weaver (sūtraka)
• सूत्रकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• रजकः: washerman
• रजकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector/Adverbial (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतार्थ (likewise/also)

• गच्छकः: messenger/goer (gacchaka)
• गच्छकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गच्छक (प्रातिपदिक; √गम् (गत्यर्थे) → गच्छ + क)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तन्तुकारः: weaver
• तन्तुकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तुकार (प्रातिपदिक; तन्तु + कार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तन्तोः कारः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• चक्रिकः: wheel-maker/one dealing with wheels
• चक्रिकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिक (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र + इक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चर्मकारकः: leather-worker
• चर्मकारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मकारक (प्रातिपदिक; चर्म + कारक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (चर्मणः कारकः)

Speaker

Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

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

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse enumerates community occupations as part of a broader dharma discussion rather than teaching a standalone ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this occupational list.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is descriptive enumeration.