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
Si aun la Luna, asentada sobre tu cabeza, ha de padecer aflicción, entonces, oh Señor, en verdad nadie en este mundo que participa del dolor es digno de compasión.
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.