Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
शप्तोऽस्माभिस्तु दुर्वृत्तस्तस्य लिंगं निपातितम् । तस्मिन्निपतितेऽस्माकं तथैव पतितानि च
śapto'smābhistu durvṛttastasya liṃgaṃ nipātitam | tasminnipatite'smākaṃ tathaiva patitāni ca
अस्माभिः स दुर्वृत्तः शप्तः; तस्य लिङ्गं निपातितम्। तस्मिन् निपतिते अस्माकमपि तथैव पतितानि।
Unspecified (context suggests afflicted beings/attendants narrating to Brahmā)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: In a moment of wrath, sages pronounce a curse; the ascetic’s liṅga symbolically ‘falls’, and immediately the sages themselves suffer the same humiliating fall—faces turning from anger to shock.
FAQs
A curse driven by misjudgment rebounds upon the curser; adharmic reaction produces collective downfall.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where actions toward Śaiva symbols and saints are portrayed as having immediate spiritual consequences.
None directly; the focus is on the ethical-spiritual consequence of cursing and disrespect.