Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.5.4.4

3.5.4.4

so 'bhrimādatte | devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinorbāhubhyām pūṣṇo hastābhyāmādade nāryasīti samāna etasya yajuṣo bandhuryoṣo vā eṣā yadabhristasmādāha nāryasīti

He takes up the spade, with the text (Vâg. S. V, 22), 'At the impulse of the divine Savitri, I take thee with the arms of the Asvins, with the hands of Pûshan: thou art a woman.' The significance of this formula is the same (as before). That spade (abhri, fem.) is indeed a female: therefore he says 'thou art a woman.'