Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
शीर्षे तव निविष्टस्य कष्टं चंद्रस्य चेद्यदि । तर्हि नाथ न शोच्या वै संसारे दुःखभागिनः
śīrṣe tava niviṣṭasya kaṣṭaṃ caṃdrasya cedyadi | tarhi nātha na śocyā vai saṃsāre duḥkhabhāginaḥ
إن كان القمرُ نفسه، الجالسُ على هامَةِ رأسِكَ، يذوقُ المشقّة، فحينئذٍ يا مولاي، حقًّا لا أحدَ في هذا العالم ممّن له نصيبٌ من الحزن يُستحقّ أن يُرثى له.
Devī
Tirtha: Somnātha/Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A poignant reflection: the Moon, enthroned on Śiva’s head, still suffers—leading to a sweeping statement about the world’s sorrow and the limits of pity.
FAQs
Worldly suffering can touch even exalted beings; true refuge lies not in status but in divine understanding and grace.
The verse belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; it draws on Śiva’s Chandrasekhara identity rather than naming a local tīrtha.
None; it is a philosophical inference framed as a question.