Agniveshyagrihyasutra 1.2.3.2

1.2.3.2

udagayanāpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre keśān vāpayitvā snātvāśitvā agnimaudumbarīścatasraḥ samidho 'hataṃ vāso darbhānājyaṃ ca udakumbhamityetān samādāya bahirgrāmād uttarāṃ diśamupaniṣkramyāchadirdarśe 'gnimupasamādhāya paristīrya madantīradhiśritya pūrvāṃ śāntiṃ kutvātha pariṣicyābhyajya samidho 'bhyādadhāti pṛthivī samit ityetābhiścatasṛbhiḥ \

During the northward course of the sun, in the waxing fortnight, under an auspicious constellation, having shaved his hair, bathed, and eaten, having gathered fire, four udumbara fuel-sticks, an unwashed garment, darbha grass, clarified butter, and a water jar, having gone out in a northern direction outside the village to a place out of sight of roofs, having set up the fire, strewn [grass] around, set over the heating waters, and performed the preliminary pacification rite, then having circum-poured water and anointed the fuel-sticks, he places them on [the fire] with these four [verses beginning with]: 'The earth is the fuel-stick.'