Skandapurana 5.176.43

5.176.43

prakṣipāmi tata stoye tato gacchāmi mandiram ..
kasyacittvatha kālasya bhartā me prasthitaḥ śubhaḥ ..
deśāṃtaraṃ vaṇigvṛttyā so'pi mārgaṃ tamāśritaḥ .. 43 ..

Then I would throw [the clay image] into the water and go home. / Then, after some time, my good husband set out / for another country on merchant business, taking to that road.