Shantikamalakara 2.24

2.24

1. Then, making the ritual resolution, “I shall perform the worship of the archways and other fixtures”: there, in the eastern direction, placing an archway made of aśvattha or banyan wood, named Sudṛḍha or Śobhana, marked with a conch, one cubit outside the pavilion, reciting “Oṃ, Agni I praise, the household priest,” saying “Reverence to the archway Sudṛḍha, I invoke the archway Sudṛḍha, reverence to the archway Sudṛḍha,” he should worship it with the services ending with perfume, flowers, incense, a lamp, food offering, betel, and a priestly fee. There: “Reverence to Rāhu, I invoke Rāhu”; “To Bṛhaspati, I invoke Bṛhaspati”; he should present the services beginning with perfume to Rāhu and Bṛhaspati. One sacred pot is to be placed there; the water for the site of the sacred pot there [is prepared as follows]: