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
اگر آپ کے سر پر بیٹھا ہوا چاند بھی سختی جھیلے، تو اے ناتھ، پھر اس دنیا میں غم کے حصے دار کوئی بھی قابلِ ترس نہیں رہتے۔
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.