[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\_124 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_124 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_124 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_124) ehi bhuṃkṣvātithirme tvaṃ49 bhava bhadreti sādaram . tamuvāca tato50 dīnaṃ51 śvapākastapasāṃ nidhim ..55. . śvapākohaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha mahyamannamihaiva hi . kutsitāya prayacchasva yathaiva mṛgapakṣiṇām .. 56 . . nāhaṃ saṃskṛtamāhartuṃ yogyonnamiti cābravīt . tamevaṃ vādinaṃ dhyānājjñātvā52 vahnimupasthitam . .57. . provāca dvijaśārdūla idaṃ vacanakovidaḥ . nāhaṃ jātiṃ garhayāmi pūjayāmi .na cānagha . .58. . ātmā sarvagato hyeṣa sarvaprāṇiṣu saṃsthitaḥ . ātmānaṃ tamahaṃ bhaktyā pūjayāmi paraṃ śivam . .59. . sarvatra saṃsthitaṃ matvā puruṣaṃ parameśvaram . tiryakṣu nahi me kutsā tvadvidheṣu viśeṣataḥ . . 8.173.60 . . sarvameva sa eveti tapaḥśaucaparāyaṇaḥ . pūjayāmyahamavyagrastatra nissaṃśayo bhava . .61 . . kṛmikīṭākhusarpeṣu53 śvapāgdevadvijātiṣu . yadā sarvagato hyātmā tadā kutsā kathañca naḥ54 . . 62 .. > “Come, eat; become my guest, good sir,” he said with respect. / Then the wretched outcaste dog-cooker said to that treasury of austerities: > “I am an outcaste dog-cooker, O best of the twice-born; give food right here / to me, a despised person, just as \[one would\] to beasts and birds. > I am not worthy to receive consecrated food,” he said. / Knowing through meditation that it was Fire present there who spoke thus, > that tiger among the twice-born, skilled in speech, spoke this: / “I neither revile nor worship caste, O sinless one. > For this Self is all-pervading, stationed in all living beings; / with devotion I worship that Self, the supreme Śiva. > Believing the Supreme Lord, the Puruṣa, to be stationed everywhere, / I hold no contempt for animals, especially not for those like you. > Intent on austerity and purity, believing ‘all is indeed He,’ / I worship without agitation; be free of doubt regarding this. > When the Self is all-pervading in worms, insects, rats, snakes, / outcaste dog-cookers, gods, and twice-born, then how could we have contempt? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_123) - [Next: 7.18.89\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_125) - [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_124) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.52) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_124) · Pramāṇa