Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
Kalpa-Lakṣaṇa and Gṛhya-Kalpa: Classifications, Purifications, Implements, and Spatial Rite-Design
शीर्षं हस्तौ च पादौ च पञ्चवारुणमीरितम् । तथास्विष्टकृतं विप्र श्रोत्रे पूर्णाहुतिस्तथा ॥ ४७ ॥
śīrṣaṃ hastau ca pādau ca pañcavāruṇamīritam | tathāsviṣṭakṛtaṃ vipra śrotre pūrṇāhutistathā || 47 ||
शिर, दोन्ही हात व दोन्ही पाय—हे ‘पंचवारुण’ कर्म म्हणून सांगितले आहे. तसेच, हे विप्र, स्विष्टकृत समापन-आहुती करावी; आणि श्रोत्रांच्या संदर्भात पूर्णाहुतीचेही विधान आहे.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It links outer ritual completeness—purifying key limbs and sealing rites with concluding oblations—to inner discipline, implying that careful completion of sacred acts supports steadiness, purity, and readiness for moksha-oriented practice.
By emphasizing proper completion and purity in worship-actions, it supports bhakti as a disciplined offering: devotion is not only emotion but also reverent, correctly concluded service (seva) expressed through sanctioned rites.
Ritual procedure (Kalpa/Śrauta-smārta prayoga) is foregrounded through technical terms like pañcavāruṇa, sviṣṭakṛt, and pūrṇāhuti, indicating how specific oblations and purifications are assigned to complete a rite.