Shiva Purana
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ अहो कष्टं महज्जातं सर्वलोकस्य दुःखदम् ॥ चन्द्रस्तु सर्वदा दुष्टो दक्षश्च शप्तवानमुम् ॥ २४ ॥
Brahmā said:— O what a pity? This is distressing to the entire world. The moon is always wicked and defiled. Now Dakṣa has cursed him.
english translation
brahmovAca ॥ aho kaSTaM mahajjAtaM sarvalokasya duHkhadam ॥ candrastu sarvadA duSTo dakSazca zaptavAnamum ॥ 24 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript