Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
यस्माद्भवति संपूर्णं कर्म यज्ञादिकं हि तत् । शांतिकं वैश्वदेवं च पूर्णाहुतिरिहोच्यते
yasmādbhavati saṃpūrṇaṃ karma yajñādikaṃ hi tat | śāṃtikaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ ca pūrṇāhutirihocyate
ഇതിനാൽ യജ്ഞാദി എല്ലാ കർമ്മങ്ങളും സമ്പൂർണ്ണമാകുന്നതിനാൽ, ഇവിടെ ശാന്തികർമ്മത്തിനും വൈശ്വദേവത്തിനും ഇതിനെ ‘പൂർണാഹുതി’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Pūrṇāhuti (ritual locus/name within the mahatmya)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Sūta audience; not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A Vedic altar with priests completing the rite: the final ladle of ghee offered into a bright, steady fire; attendants hold vessels for vaiśvadeva offerings; the atmosphere is calm and auspicious, signaling ritual closure.
FAQs
Ritual integrity is a form of dharma: completion (pūrṇatā) is itself sacred and is achieved through the proper culminating offering.
The teaching is embedded in the chapter’s tīrtha narrative (“iha/atra”); this verse does not provide a distinct place-name.
Vasordhārā (or the key offering under discussion) is identified as the pūrṇāhuti—i.e., the completion-oblation—for yajña, śāntika, and vaiśvadeva rites.