[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Lingapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga) › 2.42 # Lingapurana 2.42 Liṅgapurāṇa 2.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.6) — 1 part ### [2.42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.1) sanatkumāra uvāca gajadānaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ / dvijāya vā śivāyātha dātavyaḥ pūjya pūrvavat // ### [2.42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.2) gajaṃ sulakṣaṇopetaṃ haimaṃ vā rājataṃ tu vā / sahasraniṣkamātreṇa tadardhenāpi kārayet // ### [2.42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.3) tadardhārdhena vā kuryātsarvalakṣaṇabhūṣitam / pūrvoktadeśakāle ca devāya vinivedayet // ### [2.42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.4) aṣṭamyāṃ vā pradātavyaṃ śivāya parameṣṭhine / brāhmaṇāya daridrāya śrotriyāyāhitāgnaye // ### [2.42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.5) śivamuddiśya dātavyaṃ śivaṃ saṃpūjya pūrvavat / etadyaḥ kurute dānaṃ śivabhaktisamāhitam // ### [2.42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.6) sthitvā svarge ciraṃ kālaṃ rājā gajapatirbhavet // ### [2.42.6.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.6.p1) iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge dvicatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (4) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.47) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.115.p1) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.115.p1) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.122.p6) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42) · Pramāṇa