Markandeyapurana 61.74

61.74

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
ityuktvā sa mahābhāgaḥ spṛṣṭvāpaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ /
prāhedaṃ praṇipatyāgniṃ gārhapatyamupāṃśunā //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
Having spoken thus, the illustrious brāhman, self-controlled and pure, touched water and prostrating himself addressed the gārhapatya fire with this muttered prayer,—“O adorable Gārhapatya fire! thou art the source of all rites; from thee and thee alone come the āhavanīya fire and the dakṣiṇa fire! By the nourishment given by thee the gods subsist who cause the rain, the crops and other benefits; by the crops, and them alone, the whole world subsists. Thus this world subsists through thee—by this truth I adjure thee that I may see my home today, ere sets the sun! By this truth I adjure thee that I may behold the sun today while I sit in my house, so that I may not neglect the Vedic rites at the proper time! And that, as the thought of and the longing for another’s goods and another’s wife have never occurred to me, so this virtue may be perfected in me!”