[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Linga Purana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga) › 2.40 # Linga Purana 2.40 Liṅgapurāṇa 2.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.7) — 1 part ### [2.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.1) sanatkumāra uvāca kanyādānaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvadānottamottamam / kanyāṃ lakṣaṇasaṃpannāṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitām // ### [2.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.2) mātāpitrostu saṃvādaṃ kṛtvā dattvā dhanaṃ mahat / ātmīkṛtyātha saṃsnāpya vastraṃ dattvā śubhaṃ navam // ### [2.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.3) bhūṣaṇairbhūṣayitvātha gandhamālyairathārcayet / nimittāni samīkṣyātha gotranakṣatrakādikān // ### [2.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.4) ubhayościttamālokya ubhau saṃpūjya yatnataḥ / dātavyā śrotriyāyaiva brāhmaṇāya tapasvine // ### [2.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.5) sākṣādadhītavedāya vidhinā brahmacāriṇe / dāsadāsīdhanāḍhyaṃ ca bhūṣaṇāniṃ viśeṣataḥ // ### [2.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.6) kṣetrāṇi ca dhanaṃ dhānya vāsāṃsi ca pradāpayet / yāvanti dehe romāṇi kanyāyāḥ saṃtatau punaḥ // ### [2.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.7) tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi rudraloke mahīyate // ### [2.40.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40.7.p1) iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge kanyādānavidhirnāma catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ## Commentaries (1) - [Śivatoṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa-ballala-natu) — Gaṇeśa Ballāla Nātū, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hazra-1940.c14.s9.2) — Hazra 1940, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.40) · Pramāṇa