Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.2.3.3

5.2.3.3

tadagniṃ samādhāya juhoti | eṣa te nirṛte bhāgastaṃ juṣasvasvāhetīyaṃ vai nirṛtiḥ sā yam pāpmanā gṛhṇāti taṃ nirṛtyā gṛhṇāti tadyadevāsyā atra nairṛtaṃ rūpaṃ tadevaitacamayati tatho hainaṃ sūyamānaṃ nirṛtirna gṛhṇātyatha yatsvakṛte veriṇe juhoti śvabhrapradare vaitadu hyasyai nirṛtigṛhītam

Having there made up a fire, he offers with (Vâg. S. IX, 35), 'This, O Nirriti, is thy portion: accept it graciously, hail!' For Nirriti is this (Earth); whomsoever she seizes upon with evil, him she seizes upon with destruction (nirriti): hence whatever part of this (Earth) is of the Nirriti nature, that he thereby propitiates; and thus Nirriti does not seize upon him, while being consecrated. And the reason why he offers in a self-produced hollow or cleft, is that that much of this (earth) is possessed with Nirriti.