Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.7.1.1

3.7.1.1

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

He takes the spade, with (Vâg. S. VI, 1), 'I take thee, at the impulse of the divine Savitri, with the arms of the Asvins, with the hands of Pûshan: thou art a woman.' The significance of that formula is the same (as before); and that spade (abhri, fem.) is indeed female: therefore he says 'thou art a woman.'