Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Kalpa-Lakṣaṇa and Gṛhya-Kalpa: Classifications, Purifications, Implements, and Spatial Rite-Design
अकृते पूर्णपात्रे तु यज्ञच्छिद्रं समुद्भवेत् । तस्मिन् पूर्णीकृते विप्र यज्ञसम्पूर्णता भवेत् ॥ ४३ ॥
akṛte pūrṇapātre tu yajñacchidraṃ samudbhavet | tasmin pūrṇīkṛte vipra yajñasampūrṇatā bhavet || 43 ||
اگر پُورن پاتر کا عمل نہ کیا جائے تو یَجْیَ میں چھیدر (نقص) پیدا ہو جاتا ہے۔ مگر اے وِپر! جب وہ پُورن پاتر विधि سے پورا کر دیا جائے تو یَجْیَ کامل ہو جاتا ہے۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that dharmic acts require wholeness: omitting an essential component creates a “yajña-chidra” (ritual flaw), while completing it restores integrity—symbolizing inner completeness in spiritual practice.
Indirectly, it frames devotion as careful, wholehearted offering: just as a sacrifice is perfected by completing its required elements, bhakti is strengthened by sincere, complete observance rather than partial or negligent practice.
Kalpa (Vedāṅga of ritual procedure) is implied: the verse emphasizes that prescribed ritual constituents—like the pūrṇa-pātra—are not optional, because omission produces a technical defect in the yajña.