Skandapurana 3.3.3.47.2

3.3.3.47.2

trilokarakṣāvidhimāvahadbhyastriśūlacarmāsigadādharebhyaḥ .. 15 ..
viditā hi mayā yūyaṃ maheśvarapadā nugāḥ ..
iyaṃ vo lokarakṣārthā gatirāho vinodajā .. .6 ..
uta sarvajanāghaughavijayāya kṛtodyamāḥ ..
brūta kāruṇyato mahyaṃ yasmādyūyamihāgatāḥ .. 17 ..
.. śivadūtā ūcuḥ .. ..
eṣāgre dṛśyate vṛddhā cāṃḍālī maraṇonmukhī ..
etāmānetumāyātāḥ saṃdiṣṭā prabhuṇā vayam .. 18 ..
ityukte śivadūtaistairapṛcchaṃ punarapyaham ..
vismayāviṣṭacittastānkṛtāṃjaliravasthitaḥ .. 19 ..
aho pāpīyasī ghorā cāṃḍālī kathamarhati ..
divyaṃ vimānamāroḍhuṃ śunīvādhvaramaṃḍalam .. 3.3.3.20 ..
ājanmato'śuciprāyā pāpāṃ pāpā nugāminīm ..
kathamenāṃ durācārāṃ śivalokaṃ ninīṣatha .. 21 ..
asyā nāsti śivajñānaṃ nāsti ghorataraṃ tapaḥ ..
satyaṃ nāsti dayā nāsti kathamenāṃ ninīṣatha .. 22 ..
paśumāṃsakṛtāhārā vāruṇīpūritodarām ..
jīvahiṃsāratāṃ nityaṃ kathamenāṃ ninīṣatha .. 23 ..
na ca paṃcākṣarī japtā na kṛtaṃ śivapūjanam..
na dhyāto bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ kathamenāṃ ninīṣatha .. 24 ..
nopoṣitā śivatithirna kṛtaṃ śivapūjanam ..
bhūtasauhṛdaṃ na jānāti na ca bilvaśivārpaṇam..
neṣṭāpūrtādikaṃ vāpi kathamenāṃ ninīṣatha .. 25 ..
na ca snātāni tīrthāni na dānāni kṛtāni ca ..
na ca vratāni cīrṇāni kathamenāṃ ninīṣatha .. 26 ..
īkṣaṇe pariharttavyā kimu saṃbhāṣaṇādiṣu ..
satsaṃgarahitāṃ caṃḍāṃ kathamenāṃ ninīṣatha .. 27 ..
janmāṃtarārjitaṃ kiṃcidasyāḥ sukṛtamasti vā ..
tatkathaṃ kuṣṭharogaṇa kṛmibhiḥ paribhūyate .. 28 ..
aho īśvaracaryeyaṃ durvibhāvyā śarīriṇām ..
pāpātmāno'pi nīyaṃte kāruṇyātparamaṃ padam .. 29 ..

[Obeisance] to those carrying out the protection of the three worlds, who wield trident, shield, sword, and mace. / I have indeed recognized you as attendants of the feet of Maheśvara. / Is this journey of yours for the purpose of protecting the world, or born of sport? / Or have you undertaken an effort to overcome the flood of sins of all people? / Tell me out of compassion, for what purpose have you arrived here? / The messengers of Śiva said: / "Before us is seen this old cāṇḍāla woman, on the verge of death. / We have come to fetch her, commanded by the Lord." / When told this by those messengers of Śiva, I asked them yet again, / my mind overcome with astonishment, standing with folded hands: / "Ah, how does this terrible, most sinful cāṇḍāla woman deserve / to ascend a celestial aerial chariot, like a female dog [entering] a sacrificial arena? / Impure almost from birth, sinful, an adherent of sin, / how do you wish to lead this woman of wicked conduct to the realm of Śiva? / She has no knowledge of Śiva, no extremely severe austerity, / no truthfulness, no compassion—how do you wish to take her? / Feeding on the flesh of beasts, her belly filled with liquor, / constantly delighting in injuring living beings—how do you wish to take her? / Nor has she repeated the five-syllable mantra, nor performed worship of Śiva; / nor was the Lord Śambhu meditated upon—how do you wish to take her? / She observed no fast on Śiva’s lunar day, nor did she perform worship of Śiva; / she knows nothing of goodwill to living beings, nor offering of bilva leaves to Śiva, / nor Vedic sacrifices, charitable works, and the like—how do you wish to take her? / Neither has she bathed at sacred fords, nor given gifts, / nor undertaken vows—how do you wish to take her? / She ought to be avoided at the mere sight, not to mention in conversation; / destitute of the company of the good, fierce—how do you wish to take her? / Or is there any good deed of hers acquired in another birth? / Then why is she overcome by leprosy and worms? / Ah, this course of the Lord is incomprehensible to embodied beings, / when even sinful souls are taken to the supreme abode out of compassion!"