Linga Mahā Purana
42 - The mode of gifting an elephant
Sanatkumara said:
1-6. I shall mention the rite of gifting an elephant in due order. It shall be worshipped as before and given to a brahmin or dedicated to Shiva. The devotee shall make an image of an elephant endowed with all good characteristics, out of gold or silver with a thousand, five hundred or two hundred and fifty gold coins. It shall be embellished with all characteristics. It shall be dedicated to the lord at the time and on the spot mentioned before. Or it shall be offered to Shiva,275 Parameshthin on the eighth day. After worshipping Shiva as before, it should be given to a poor brahmin who is well-versed in Shrutis and who maintains the sacred fire. It shall be given keeping Shiva in view. He who performs this holy rite of gift with devotion to Shiva shall stay in heaven for a long time and then become a king and lord of elephants.
275. Read Shivabhimukhamasino for Shivabhimukhamasina i.e. by the worshipper who faces shiva.
Summary of chapter 152 of the Linga Mahā Purana is as follows:
This chapter details Utkrāntividhi, the spiritual science governing the departure of the vital life forces, Prāṇa, at the time of death. Nandi explains how advanced Śivayogis direct their breath through the Sushumnā nāḍī to exit through the Brahmarandhra at the crown of the head, attaining immediate merger with the supreme light of Śiva.