Matsyapurana 93.130

93.130

aṣṭau tu homakāḥ kāryā vedavedāṅgavedinaḥ
evaṃ dvādaśa viprāḥ syur vastramālyānulepanaiḥ
pūrvavatpūjayedbhaktyā vastrābharaṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ //

Eight more Brâhmaṇas, well up in the Vedas and Vedâṅgas, should be made to officiate as Homa-offering priests. These twelve Brâhmaṇas should be sincerely honoured with cloths, sandal, garlands, and ornaments, as before.—130.