Skandapurana 2.7.18.48

2.7.18.48

..vyādha uvāca..
kena vā karmaṇā cā''sīdvyādhajanma tamomayam..
kena vā cedṛśī buddhiḥ saṃgatirvā mahātmanaḥ..35..
etaccānyatsamācakṣva yadi māṃ manyase prabho..
ityuktaḥ punarapyāha śaṃkho nāma mahāmuniḥ..36..
meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā smayamānamukhāṃbujaḥ..
..śaṃkha uvāca..
śākale nagare pūrvaṃ dvijastvaṃ vedapāragaḥ ..37..
stambo nāma mahātejāstathā śrīvatsagotrajaḥ..
taveṣṭā gaṇikā kācidāsīttatsaṃgadoṣataḥ..37..
tyaktvā nityakriyā nityaṃ śūdravadgṛhamāgataḥ ..
śūnyācārasya duṣṭasya parityaktakriyasya ca..39..
brāhmaṇī ca tadā cā''sīdbhāryā kāṃtimatī tava..
sā tvāṃ paryacaratsubhrūḥ saveśyaṃ brāhmaṇādhamam.. 2.7.18.40..
ubhayoḥ kṣālayaṃtī ca pādāṃstvatpriyakāriṇī..
ubhayorapyadhaḥ śete ubhayorvacane ratā ..41..
veśyayā vāryamāṇā'pi pātivratyavratasthitā ..
evaṃ śuśrūṣayaṃtyā hi bhartāraṃ veśyayā saha ..42..
jagāma sumahānkālo duḥkhitāyā mahītale..
aparasmindine bhartā māṣaṃ ca mūlakānvitam..43..
abhakṣayacchūdradharmānnipāvāṃstilamiśritān ..
tadapathyamaśitvā tu vamaṃścaiva virecayan..44..
apathyāddāruṇo rogo vyajāyata bhagaṃdaraḥ..
sa dahyamāno rogeṇa divārātraṃ tu bhūriśaḥ..45..
yāvadāste gṛhe vittaṃ tāvadveśyā ca saṃsthitā..
gṛhītvā tasya sā vittaṃ paścānnovāsa maṃdire..46..
anyasya pārśvamāsādya gatā ghorā sunirghṛṇā ..
tataḥ sa dīnavacano vyādhibādhāsupīḍitaḥ ..47 ..
uktavānsa rudanbhāryāṃ rujā vyākulamānasaḥ..
paripālaya māṃ devi veśyā''saktaṃ suniṣṭhuram..48.

The hunter said:
"By what action did my birth as a hunter, full of darkness, arise?
By what [action] did such understanding or company with a great soul come about?
Tell me this and more, O Lord, if you think fit of me."
Thus addressed, the great sage named Śaṅkha spoke again,
with a voice deep as a thundercloud, his lotus-face gently smiling.
Śaṅkha said:
"Formerly, in the city of Śākala, you were a twice-born man, a master of the Vedas,
named Stamba, possessed of great splendor, born in the lineage of Śrīvatsa.
A certain courtesan became dear to you; and through the fault of association with her,
abandoning your daily rites, you returned home daily like a śūdra.
To you, devoid of conduct, wicked, and having cast off all religious duties,
there was at that time a wife, a brahmin woman named Kāntimatī.
That fair-browed woman served you, the lowest of brahmins, along with your courtesan.
Washing the feet of both, ever doing what pleased you,
she slept beneath both and was devoted to the words of both.
Though held back by the courtesan, she remained steadfast in her vow of wifely devotion.
As she thus attended upon her husband together with the courtesan,
a very long time passed for that sorrowful woman on the earth.
On another day, her husband ate black gram mixed with radishes,
[and] beans mixed with sesame—food customary for śūdras.
Having eaten that improper food, vomiting and purging,
from that unhealthy diet a terrible disease arose, fistula-in-ano.
He, tormented by that disease day and night exceedingly, [suffered].
As long as wealth remained in the house, so long did the courtesan stay.
Taking his wealth, she did not live in the house thereafter.
Approaching the side of another, that dreadful, pitiless woman departed.
Then, his speech pitiful, severely afflicted by the torment of disease,
he spoke, weeping, to his wife, his mind bewildered by pain:
'Protect me, O lady! I was attached to a courtesan, extremely cruel.