Garudapurana 1.213.28

1.213.28

yathā tu samukhaḥ kuryātprāṇabādhābhayeṣu ca /
gomayāṅgāravalmīkaphālākṛṣṭe śubhe //

may face whatever direction he must when there is danger to life or fear; / [never] on cow-dung, charcoal, an ant-hill, a ploughed field, or an auspicious place;