Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.4.3.8

9.4.3.8

ṣaṇmārjālīye | ṣaḍvā ṛtavaḥ pitarastaṃ haitamṛtavaḥ pitaro dakṣiṇataḥ paryūhire sa eṣāmeṣa dakṣiṇataḥ sa vā itīmamupadadhātītīmānityamuṃ viśaṃ tatkṣatramabhisammukhāṃ karoti

Six (he places) on the Mârgâlîya,--these are the six seasons, the Fathers; for the seasons, the Fathers, indeed, heaped up (a rampart) round that (fire) from the south. This one lies to the south of those (other hearths),--this (Âgnîdhrîya) he lays down in this way (direction), and these (other hearths) in this way, and that one (the Fire-altar) in this way: he thereby makes the peasantry look towards the chieftain.