Skandapurana 7.18.89_123

7.18.89_123

durdṛśaṃ46 vṛddhamārttañca prasravatkṛmiśoṇitam .
vikrośantaṃ ca tāteti sopaśyad dvijasattamaḥ ..52 . .
kṛpaṇaṃ tamatho dṛṣṭvā śvapākaṃ dvijasattamaḥ .
samāśvasihi bhadreti provāca madhuraṃ vacaḥ . .53 . .
śītāpanayanārthañca vahnimasyānayad dvijaḥ .
atha taṃ47 vahnisaṃsargāt samāśvastamuvāca saḥ48 . .54..

foul to behold, aged and afflicted, oozing worms and blood, / and crying out, “O father!”; thus that best of the twice-born saw him.
Seeing that wretched outcaste dog-cooker, that best of the twice-born / spoke sweet words: “Take heart, good sir!”
And to dispel the cold, the twice-born brought fire for him. / Then, when he was comforted by contact with the fire, he said to him: