Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.8.2.3

13.8.2.3

athainatpalāśaśākhayā vyudūhati yadevādo vyudūhanaṃ tadetadapeto yantu paṇayo'sumnā devapīyava iti paṇīnevaitadasumnāndevapīyūnasurarakṣasānyasmāllokādapahantyasya lokaḥ sutāvata iti sutavānhi ya ījānodyubhirahobhiraktubhirvyaktamiti tadenamṛtubhiścāhorātraiśca salokaṃ karoti

He then sweeps that (site) with a palâsa (Butea frondosa) branch--what the sweeping (signified) on that occasion, that (it does) here--with (Vâg. S. XXXV, I), 'Let the niggards avaunt from hence, the perverse scorners of the gods!'--he thereby expels from this world the niggards, the perverse haters of the gods, the Asura-Rakshas;--'it is the place of this Soma-offerer,' for he who has performed a Soma-sacrifice is a Soma-offerer;--'(an abode) distinguished by lights, by days, by nights,'--he thereby makes him to be of the world of the seasons, the days and nights;--