[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.18.89\_123 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_123 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_123 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_122) - [Next: 7.18.89\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_124) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.89_123) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.179.54) — Sanskrit - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.45) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit - [Sahyādrikhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.sahyadrikhanda.70.45) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_123) · Pramāṇa