Agni Purana — Vastu-Pratishtha & Isana-kalpa, Shloka 22
Śānti-Śodhana-Kathana (Instruction on the Purification of Śānti) — Agni Purāṇa, Adhyāya 87
विसृज्य पितरौ वह्नेः पूजितौ कुसुमादिभिः दद्यात् पूर्णां विधानज्ञो निःशेषविधिपूरणीं
visṛjya pitarau vahneḥ pūjitau kusumādibhiḥ dadyāt pūrṇāṃ vidhānajño niḥśeṣavidhipūraṇīṃ
เมื่อบูชาบรรพชนทั้งสองในไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์ด้วยดอกไม้เป็นต้นแล้ว พึงวิสรรชนาส่งกลับ; จากนั้นผู้รู้พิธีพึงถวาย “ปูรณา” (เครื่องบูชาปิดพิธี) ซึ่งทำให้บทบัญญัติทั้งปวงสำเร็จครบถ้วนโดยไม่เหลือค้าง।
Lord Agni (teaching the ritual procedure to Sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purāṇa’s instructional frame)
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Concept: Ritual dharma includes proper hospitality to invoked beings and proper dismissal; completeness (pūrṇatā) is itself a dharmic requirement preventing ritual residue (aśeṣa-vidhi-pūraṇa).
Application: In śrāddha/homa, always include formal visarjana and a completion offering; treat it as the ‘seal’ that prevents interruption, inauspicious carryover, or procedural fault.
Khanda Section: Puja-vidhi (Śrāddha / Pitṛ-kriyā and Homa completion rites)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A homa fire with offerings and flowers; the officiant performs a respectful dismissal gesture toward the fire where the pitṛs were invoked, then pours the final completion oblation (pūrṇā) into the flames.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: sacred fire altar, two subtle ancestral presences above flames, priest offering flowers then making visarjana gesture, final oblation poured; earthy palette, stylized flames, temple ambience.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: homa-kunda with gold-highlighted flames, priest in devotional posture, pūrṇāhuti ladle with gold work, faint pitṛ figures receiving and departing; ornate border and rich reds.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: clear ritual diagram feel—fire altar, flower offerings, visarjana hand gesture, final oblation step emphasized; delicate lines, calm colors, instructional composition.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature: domestic courtyard homa, detailed utensils, smoke curling; two ethereal pitṛ figures fading as final offering is made; fine brushwork and subtle gold accents."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn-devotional","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"devotional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कुसुमादिभिः = कुसुम + आदिभिः; निःशेषविधिपूरणीम् = निःशेष-विधि-पूरणीम् (समास-श्रृंखला).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 87 (Śrāddha/pitṛ-kriyā; homa completion)
FAQs
It prescribes the correct closure of a Pitṛ-related rite: after honoring the invoked Pitṛs in the fire, they are formally dismissed, and a pūrṇā (completion offering, akin to pūrṇāhuti) is made to finalize the ritual sequence.
Beyond mythic narration, the Agni Purāṇa functions as a procedural handbook: this verse gives a precise, step-based rule for concluding śrāddha/homa actions—illustrating its coverage of practical dharma, liturgy, and rite-technology.
Proper dismissal and the completion offering prevent the rite from being ‘incomplete’ (a source of ritual fault) and are held to secure the intended merit—ancestral satisfaction, purification, and the full fruit of the performed observance.