[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c43.65 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.65 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.65 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c43.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.65) The places (\*deśa\*) where gifts are to be made are also specified in the smṛtis, purāṇas and digests. Gifts²⁰¹² made in the house yield ten times as much merit (as when made elsewhere), a hundred times when made in a cowpen, a thousand times when made in sacred places (\*tīrthas\*) and an infinite number of times when made near an image (or liṅga) of Śiva. The Skandapurāṇa²⁰¹³ quoted by Hemādri (\*dāna\* p. 83) states that Benares, Kurukṣetra, Prayāga, Puṣkara (Ajmer), the banks of the Ganges and of the ocean, Naimiṣa forest, Amara-kaṇṭaka, Śrīparvata, Mahākāla (at Ujjayinī), Gokarṇa, Veda-parvata—these and the like are declared to be holy places resorted to by gods and \*siddhas\*; all mountains, all rivers and the ocean are holy; the habitations of cows, siddhas and sages are also holy; whatever is donated in these sacred places confers infinite reward. - [Previous: v3.c43.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.64) - [Next: v3.c43.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.66) - [Up: v3.c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43) ## Cites (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.65) · Pramāṇa