Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
स शप्तो डिंडिरूपस्तु भवद्भिः करणेश्वरः । तच्छापाच्छप्तमेवैतत्समस्तं तद्गुणास्पदम् । देवतिर्यङ्मनुष्याणां निरानंदमिति स्थितम्
sa śapto ḍiṃḍirūpastu bhavadbhiḥ karaṇeśvaraḥ | tacchāpācchaptamevaitatsamastaṃ tadguṇāspadam | devatiryaṅmanuṣyāṇāṃ nirānaṃdamiti sthitam
তোমাদের শাপে করণেশ্বর ḍিṃḍি-রূপ ধারণ করেছিলেন। সেই শাপের ফলেই তাঁর গুণাশ্রিত এই সমগ্র ক্ষেত্র শপ্ত হল; তাই দেব, তির্যক্ ও মানুষ—সকলেই আনন্দহীন অবস্থায় রইল।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Karaṇeśvara
Type: temple
Scene: Karaṇeśvara appears in a Ḍiṃḍi-form (a specific, possibly drum-associated or grotesque/guardian-like manifestation); sages/dvijas curse him, and the consequence spreads as a pall of joylessness over gods, animals, and humans—an allegory of a cursed spiritual ecosystem.
FAQs
Śiva-aparādha or misdirected curses disturb the wider cosmos; individual wrongdoing can create collective suffering.
Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically through the mention of Karaṇeśvara, a Śaiva locus within the sacred region.
None directly; the verse explains the metaphysical consequence that later motivates propitiation.