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# Lingapurana 1.40

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.40.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.100) — 1 part

### [1.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.1)

śakra uvāca  
tiṣye māyāmasūyāṃ ca vadhaṃ caiva tapasvinām  
sādhayanti narāstatra tamasā vyākulendriyāḥ //

### [1.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.2)

kalau pramādako rogaḥ satataṃ kṣudbhayāni ca  
anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ deśānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ //

### [1.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.3)

na prāmāṇyaṃ śruterasti nṛṇāṃ cādharmasevanam  
adhārmikāstvanācārā mahākopālpacetasaḥ //

### [1.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.4)

anṛtaṃ bruvate lubdhās tiṣye jātāś ca duṣprajāḥ  
duriṣṭairduradhītaiś ca durācārairdurāgamaiḥ //

### [1.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.5)

viprāṇāṃ karma doṣeṇa prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam  
nādhīyante tadā vedān na yajanti dvijātayaḥ //

### [1.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.6)

utsīdanti narāścaiva kṣatriyāś ca viśaḥ kramāt  
śūdrāṇāṃ mantrayogena saṃbandho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha //

### [1.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.7)

bhavatīha kalau tasmiñ śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ  
rājānaḥ śūdrabhūyiṣṭhā brāhmaṇān bādhayanti te //

### [1.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.8)

bhrūṇahatyā vīrahatyā prajāyante prajāsu vai  
śūdrāś ca brāhmaṇācārāḥ śūdrācārāś ca brāhmaṇāḥ //

### [1.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.9)

rājavṛttisthitāś caurāś caurācārāś ca pārthivāḥ  
ekapatnyo na śiṣyanti vardhiṣyantyabhisārikāḥ //

### [1.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.10)

varṇāśramapratiṣṭhāno jāyate nṛṣu sarvataḥ  
tadā svalpaphalā bhūmiḥ kvaciccāpi mahāphalā //

### [1.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.11)

arakṣitāro hartāraḥ pārthivāś ca śilāśana  
śūdrā vai jñāninaḥ sarve brāhmaṇairabhivanditāḥ //

### [1.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.12)

akṣatriyāś ca rājāno viprāḥ śūdropajīvinaḥ  
āsanasthā dvijāndṛṣṭvā na calantyalpabuddhayaḥ //

### [1.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.13)

tāḍayanti dvijendrāṃś ca śūdrā vai svalpabuddhayaḥ  
āsye nidhāya vai hastaṃ karṇaṃ śūdrasya vai dvijāḥ //

### [1.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.14)

nīcasyeva tadā vākyaṃ vadanti vinayena tam  
uccāsanasthān śūdrāṃś ca dvijamadhye dvijarṣabha //

### [1.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.15)

jñātvā na hiṃsate rājā kalau kālavaśena tu  
puṣpaiś ca vāsitaiścaiva tathānyair maṅgalaiḥ śubhaiḥ //

### [1.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.16)

śūdrānabhyarcayantyalpaśrutabhāgyabalānvitāḥ  
na prekṣante garvitāś ca śūdrā dvijavarān dvija //

### [1.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.17)

sevāvasaram ālokya dvāre tiṣṭhanti vai dvijāḥ  
vāhanasthān samāvṛtya śūdrāñśūdropajīvinaḥ //

### [1.40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.18)

sevante brāhmaṇāstatra stuvanti stutibhiḥ kalau  
tapoyajñaphalānāṃ ca vikretāro dvijottamāḥ //

### [1.40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.19)

yatayaś ca bhaviṣyanti bahavo 'sminkalau yuge  
puruṣālpaṃ bahustrīkaṃ yugānte samupasthite //

### [1.40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.20)

nindanti vedavidyāṃ ca dvijāḥ karmāṇi vai kalau  
kalau devo mahādevaḥ śaṅkaro nīlalohitaḥ //

### [1.40.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.21)

prakāśate pratiṣṭhārthaṃ dharmasya vikṛtākṛtiḥ  
ye taṃ viprā niṣevante yena kenāpi śaṅkaram //

### [1.40.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.22)

kalidoṣān vinirjitya prayānti paramaṃ padam  
śvāpadaprabalatvaṃ ca gavāṃ caiva parikṣayaḥ //

### [1.40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.23)

sādhūnāṃ vinivṛttiś ca vedyā tasminyugakṣaye  
tadā sūkṣmo mahodarko durlabho dānamūlavān //

### [1.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.24)

cāturāśramaśaithilye dharmaḥ praticaliṣyati  
arakṣitāro hartāro balibhāgasya pārthivāḥ //

### [1.40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.25)

yugānteṣu bhaviṣyanti svarakṣaṇaparāyaṇāḥ  
aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ //

### [1.40.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.26)

pramadāḥ keśaśūlinyo bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge  
citravarṣī tadā devo yadā prāhuryugakṣayam //

### [1.40.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.27)

sarve vaṇigjanāścāpi bhaviṣyantyadhame yuge  
kuśīlacaryāḥ pāṣaṇḍair vṛthārūpaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ //

### [1.40.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.28)

bahuyājanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparam  
nāvyāhṛtakrūravākyo nārjavī nānasūyakaḥ //

### [1.40.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.29)

na kṛte pratikartā ca yugakṣīṇe bhaviṣyati  
nindakāścaiva patitā yugāntasya ca lakṣaṇam //

### [1.40.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.30)

nṛpaśūnyā vasumatī na ca dhānyadhanāvṛtā  
maṇḍalāni bhaviṣyanti deśeṣu nagareṣu ca //

### [1.40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.31)

alpodakā cālpaphalā bhaviṣyati vasuṃdharā  
goptāraścāpyagoptāraḥ sambhaviṣyantyaśāsanāḥ //

### [1.40.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.32)

hartāraḥ paravittānāṃ paradārapradharṣakāḥ  
kāmātmāno durātmāno hy adhamāḥ sāhasapriyāḥ //

### [1.40.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.33)

pranaṣṭaceṣṭanāḥ puṃso muktakeśāś ca śūlinaḥ  
janāḥ ṣoḍaśavarṣāś ca prajāyante yugakṣaye //

### [1.40.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.34)

śukladantājinākṣāś ca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ  
śūdrā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugānte samupasthite //

### [1.40.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.35)

sasyacaurā bhaviṣyanti dṛḍhacailābhilāṣiṇaḥ  
caurāścorasvahartāro harturhartā tathāparaḥ //

### [1.40.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.36)

yogyakarmaṇyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṃ gate  
kīṭamūṣakasarpāś ca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān //

### [1.40.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.37)

subhikṣaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ sāmarthyaṃ durlabhaṃ tadā  
kauśikīṃ pratipatsyante deśānkṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ //

### [1.40.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.38)

duḥkhenābhiplutānāṃ ca paramāyuḥ śataṃ tadā  
dṛśyante na ca dṛśyante vedāḥ kaliyuge 'khilāḥ //

### [1.40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.39)

utsīdanti tadā yajñāḥ kevalādharmapīḍitāḥ  
kāṣāyiṇo 'pyanirgranthāḥ kāpālībahulāstviha //

### [1.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.40)

vedavikrayiṇaścānye tīrthavikrayiṇaḥ pare  
varṇāśramāṇāṃ ye cānye pāṣaṇḍāḥ paripanthinaḥ //

### [1.40.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.41)

utpadyante tadā te vai samprāpte tu kalau yuge  
adhīyante tadā vedāñ śūdrā dharmārthakovidāḥ //

### [1.40.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.42)

yajante cāśvamedhena rājānaḥ śūdrayonayaḥ  
strībālagovadhaṃ kṛtvā hatvā caiva parasparam //

### [1.40.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.43)

upadravāṃstathānyonyaṃ sādhayanti tadā prajāḥ  
duḥkhaprabhūtamalpāyur dehotsādaḥ sarogatā //

### [1.40.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.44)

adharmābhiniveśitvāt tamovṛttaṃ kalau smṛtam  
prajāsu brahmahatyādi tadā vai sampravartate //

### [1.40.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.45)

tasmādāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ kaliṃ prāpya prahīyate  
tadā tvalpena kālena siddhiṃ gacchanti mānavāḥ //

### [1.40.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.46)

dhanyā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugānte dvijasattamāḥ  
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ ye carantyanasūyakāḥ //

### [1.40.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.47)

tretāyāṃ vārṣiko dharmo dvāpare māsikaḥ smṛtaḥ  
yathākleśaṃ caranprājñas tadahnā prāpnute kalau //

### [1.40.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.48)

eṣā kaliyugāvasthā saṃdhyāṃśaṃ tu nibodha me  
yuge yuge ca hīyante trīṃstrīnpādāṃstu siddhayaḥ //

### [1.40.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.49)

yugasvabhāvāḥ saṃdhyāstu tiṣṭhantīha tu pādaśaḥ  
saṃdhyāsvabhāvāḥ svāṃśeṣu pādaśaste pratiṣṭhitāḥ //

### [1.40.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.50)

evaṃ saṃdhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike  
teṣāṃ śāstā hyasādhūnāṃ bhūtānāṃ nidhanotthitaḥ //

### [1.40.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.51)

gotre 'sminvai candramaso nāmnā pramitirucyate  
mānavasya tu so 'ṃśena pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare //

### [1.40.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.52)

samāḥ sa viṃśatiḥ pūrṇāḥ paryaṭanvai vasuṃdharām  
anukarṣan sa vai senāṃ savājirathakuñjarām //

### [1.40.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.53)

pragṛhītāyudhairvipraiḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ  
sa tadā taiḥ parivṛto mlecchān hanti sahasraśaḥ //

### [1.40.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.54)

sa hatvā sarvaśaścaiva rājñastāñśūdrayonijān  
pākhaṇḍāṃstu tataḥ sarvān niḥśeṣaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ //

### [1.40.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.55)

nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca tān sarvān hanti sarvataḥ  
varṇavyatyāsajātāś ca ye ca tānanujīvinaḥ //

### [1.40.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.56)

pravṛttacakro balavān mlecchānāmantakṛtsa tu  
adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ cacārātha vasuṃdharām //

### [1.40.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.57)

mānavasya tu so 'ṃśena devasyeha vijajñivān  
pūrvajanmani viṣṇostu pramitirnāma vīryavān //

### [1.40.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.58)

gotrato vai candramasaḥ pūrṇe kaliyuge prabhuḥ  
dvātriṃśe 'bhyudite varṣe prakrānto viṃśatiḥ samāḥ //

### [1.40.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.59)

vinighnansarvabhūtāni śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ  
kṛtvā bījāvaśeṣāṃ tu pṛthivīṃ krūrakarmaṇaḥ //

### [1.40.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.60)

parasparanimittena kopenākasmikena tu  
sa sādhayitvā vṛṣalān prāyaśas tān adhārmikān //

### [1.40.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.61)

gaṅgāyamunayormadhye sthitiṃ prāptaḥ sahānugaḥ  
tato vyatīte kāle tu sāmātyaḥ sahasainikaḥ //

### [1.40.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.62)

utsādya pārthivān sarvān mlecchāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ  
tatra saṃdhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike //

### [1.40.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.63)

sthitāsvalpāvaśiṣṭāsu prajāsviha kvacitkvacit  
apragrahāstatastā vai lobhāviṣṭāstu kṛtsnaśaḥ //

### [1.40.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.64)

upahiṃsanti cānyonyaṃ praṇipatya parasparam  
arājake yugavaśāt saṃśaye samupasthite //

### [1.40.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.65)

prajāstā vai tataḥ sarvāḥ parasparabhayārditāḥ  
vyākulāś ca paribhrāntās tyaktvā dārān gṛhāṇi ca //

### [1.40.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.66)

svānprāṇān anapekṣanto niṣkāruṇyāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ  
naṣṭe śraute smārtadharme parasparahatāstadā //

### [1.40.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.67)

nirmaryādā nirākrāntā niḥsnehā nirapatrapāḥ  
naṣṭe dharme pratihatāḥ hrasvakāḥ pañcaviṃśakāḥ //

### [1.40.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.68)

hitvā putrāṃś ca dārāṃś ca vivādavyākulendriyāḥ  
anāvṛṣṭihatāścaiva vārtāmutsṛjya dūrataḥ //

### [1.40.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.69)

pratyantānupasevante hitvā janapadān svakān  
saritsāgarakūpāṃste sevante parvatāṃs tathā //

### [1.40.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.70)

madhumāṃsairmūlaphalair vartayanti suduḥkhitāḥ  
cīrapatrājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ //

### [1.40.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.71)

varṇāśramaparibhraṣṭāḥ saṃkaṭaṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ  
evaṃ kaṣṭamanuprāptā alpaśeṣāḥ prajāstadā //

### [1.40.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.72)

jarāvyādhikṣudhāviṣṭā duḥkhānnirvedamānasāḥ  
vicāraṇā tu nirvedāt sāmyāvasthā vicāraṇā //

### [1.40.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.73)

sāmyāvasthātmako bodhaḥ saṃbodhāddharmaśīlatā  
arūpaśamayuktāstu kaliśiṣṭā hi vai svayam //

### [1.40.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.74)

ahorātrāttadā tāsāṃ yugaṃ tu parivartate  
cittasaṃmohanaṃ kṛtvā tāsāṃ vai suptamattavat //

### [1.40.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.75)

bhāvino 'rthasya ca balāt tataḥ kṛtamavartata  
pravṛtte tu tatastasmin punaḥ kṛtayuge tu vai //

### [1.40.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.76)

utpannāḥ kaliśiṣṭāstu prajāḥ kārtayugāstadā  
tiṣṭhanti ceha ye siddhā adṛṣṭā vicaranti ca //

### [1.40.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.77)

sapta saptarṣibhiścaiva tatra te tu vyavasthitāḥ  
brahmakṣatraviśaḥ śūdrā bījārthaṃ ye smṛtā iha //

### [1.40.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.78)

kalijaiḥ saha te sarve nirviśeṣāstadābhavan  
teṣāṃ saptarṣayo dharmaṃ kathayantītare 'pi ca //

### [1.40.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.79)

varṇāśramācārayutaṃ śrautaṃ smārtaṃ dvidhā tu yam  
tatasteṣu kriyāvatsu vardhante vai prajāḥ kṛte //

### [1.40.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.80)

śrautasmārtakṛtānāṃ ca dharme saptarṣidarśite  
keciddharmavyavasthārthaṃ tiṣṭhantīha yugakṣaye //

### [1.40.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.81)

manvantarādhikāreṣu tiṣṭhanti munayastu vai  
yathā dāvapradagdheṣu tṛṇeṣviha tataḥ kṣitau //

### [1.40.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.82)

vanānāṃ prathamaṃ vṛṣṭyā teṣāṃ mūleṣu saṃbhavaḥ  
tathā kārtayugānāṃ tu kalijeṣviha saṃbhavaḥ //

### [1.40.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.83)

evaṃ yugādyugasyeha saṃtānaṃ tu parasparam  
vartate ha vyavacchedād yāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ //

### [1.40.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.84)

sukhamāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ dharmo 'rthaḥ kāma eva ca  
yugeṣvetāni hīyante trīṃstrīn pādān krameṇa tu //

### [1.40.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.85)

sasaṃdhyāṃśeṣu hīyante yugānāṃ dharmasiddhayaḥ  
ityeṣā pratisiddhirvai kīrtitaiṣā krameṇa tu //

### [1.40.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.86)

caturyugānāṃ sarveṣām anenaiva tu sādhanam  
eṣā caturyugāvṛttir ā sahasrād guṇīkṛtā //

### [1.40.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.87)

brahmaṇastadahaḥ proktaṃ rātriścaitāvatī smṛtā  
anārjavaṃ jaḍībhāvo bhūtānām ā yugakṣayāt //

### [1.40.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.88)

etadeva tu sarveṣāṃ yugānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam  
eṣāṃ caturyugāṇāṃ ca guṇitā hyekasaptatiḥ //

### [1.40.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.89)

krameṇa parivṛttā tu manorantaram ucyate  
caturyuge yathaikasmin bhavatīha yadā tu yat //

### [1.40.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.90)

tathā cānyeṣu bhavati punastadvai yathākramam  
sarge sarge yathā bhedā utpadyante tathaiva tu //

### [1.40.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.91)

pañcaviṃśatparimitā na nyūnā nādhikās tathā  
tathā kalpā yugaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhavanti saha lakṣaṇaiḥ //

### [1.40.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.92)

manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣām etadeva tu lakṣaṇam //

### [1.40.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.93)

yathā yugānāṃ parivartanāni cirapravṛttāni yugasvabhāvāt  
tathā tu saṃtiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivartamānaḥ //

### [1.40.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.94)

ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai samāsataḥ  
atītānāgatānāṃ hi sarvamanvantareṣu vai //

### [1.40.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.95)

manvantareṇa caikena sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi ca  
vyākhyātāni na saṃdehaḥ kalpaḥ kalpena caiva hi //

### [1.40.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.96)

anāgateṣu tadvacca tarkaḥ kāryo vijānatā  
manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha //

### [1.40.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.97)

tulyābhimāninaḥ sarve nāmarūpairbhavantyuta  
devā hyaṣṭavidhā ye ca ye ca manvantareśvarāḥ //

### [1.40.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.98)

ṛṣayo manavaścaiva sarve tulyaprayojanāḥ  
evaṃ varṇāśramāṇāṃ tu pravibhāgo yuge yuge //

### [1.40.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.99)

yugasvabhāvaś ca tathā vidhatte vai tadā prabhuḥ  
varṇāśramavibhāgāś ca yugāni yugasiddhayaḥ //

### [1.40.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.100)

yugānāṃ parimāṇaṃ te kathitaṃ hi prasaṅgataḥ  
vadāmi devīputratvaṃ padmayoneḥ samāsataḥ //

### [1.40.100.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.40.100.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge caturyugaparimāṇaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śivatosaṇī Liṅgapurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa.43.1) — Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.46.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit
- [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.6.2-4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Prabhañjana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vitthala.prabhanjana.4.4) — Viṭṭhalanātha 1518, Sanskrit
- [Kṛtyaratnākara (Caṇḍeśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyaratnakara.4.p118) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit

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