Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

शीर्षे तव निविष्टस्य कष्टं चंद्रस्य चेद्यदि । तर्हि नाथ न शोच्या वै संसारे दुःखभागिनः

Transliteration

śīrṣe tava niviṣṭasya kaṣṭaṃ caṃdrasya cedyadi | tarhi nātha na śocyā vai saṃsāre duḥkhabhāginaḥ

Translation

നിന്റെ ശിരസ്സിൽ അധിവസിക്കുന്ന ചന്ദ്രനേയും കഷ്ടം ബാധിക്കുമെങ്കിൽ, ഹേ നാഥാ! ലോകത്തിൽ ദുഃഖഭാഗികളായ ആരും തന്നെ ശോചനീയരല്ല.

Word by Word

• शीर्षे: on (your) head
• शीर्षे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षन्/शीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• निविष्टस्य: of (him) seated/placed
• निविष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-विश् (धातु) → निविष्ट (कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘seated/placed’

• कष्टम्: pain, hardship
• कष्टम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• चन्द्रस्य: of the Moon
• चन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Clause marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional particle)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Clause marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (if)

• तर्हि: then
• तर्हि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तर्हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिणाम/निष्कर्षसूचक (then/therefore)

• नाथ: O Lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• शोच्याः: to be pitied
• शोच्याः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोच्य (कृदन्त; √शुच् ‘to grieve’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative) ‘to be pitied’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed)

• संसारे: in the world
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• दुःख-भागिनः: sharers of sorrow
• दुःख-भागिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘दुःखस्य भागिनः’ (those who partake of sorrow)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha/Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Nātha)
• Candra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly suffering can touch even exalted beings; true refuge lies not in status but in divine understanding and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; it draws on Śiva’s Chandrasekhara identity rather than naming a local tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a philosophical inference framed as a question.