History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2214

v6.c81.2214

*Sampūrṇa-vrata*—This vrata renders perfect every vrata that is rendered defective by some mistake or obstacle or Vighnavināyakas; one should prepare a golden or silver image of the god worshipped in a vrata that is incomplete; one month from the day on which the craftsman prepares the image a brāhmaṇa should bathe it with milk, curds, ghee, fluids and water and worship with flowers &c and offer *arghya* in the name of that deity from a jar full of water in which sandalwood paste is cast, and pray that the vrata which was broken may become perfect and make the offering with 'svāhā'; the officiating priest should say 'your (broken) vrata has become perfect'. The purāṇa adds 'gods consent to what brāhmaṇas say, brāhmaṇas have all the gods in them; their word would not come out to be untrue'; HV. II. 876-879 (from Bhav U).