Markandeyapurana 34.51

34.51

śirasyagastyamāsthāya śayītātha purandaram /
na tu gandhavatīṣvapsu snāyīta na tathā niśi //

“A man should certainly not sleep with his head to the north, nor with his head to the west; he should sleep, placing his head to the north east or east.

“He should not bathe in perfumed water, nor at night; bathing except by day is declared to he most potent for calamity; nor when he has not bathed, should he wipe his limbs with a cloth or with his hands. Nor should he shake his hair, nor should be shake his clothes.[7] Nor should an intelligent man, when he has not bathed, ever apply unguents..