Matsya Purana 206.19

206.19

praśastapatre śravaṇe khure śrṛṅgāṭakāni ca.
evaṃ kṛtvā yathoktena sarvaśākaphalāni ca .. 206.19 ..

Afterwards the copper and silver vessels should be placed at the fore-feet of the deer skin Beautiful leaves containing gold, pearls corals, pomegranates citrons etc, should be placed at the ears and (Śriṅgâṭokâ) pastry or dough is to be placed on the hoofs Then various kinds of herb-vegetables and fruits should be placed and then the following formulæ should be uttered ‘Janârdana! the sins that I may have committed through ignorance in thousands of my lives, be destroyed by the giving away of this vessel of gold’—17 19