Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.3.5.5

2.3.5.5

etānanuvākān japitvā mātulaḥ kumārasya samīpa upaviśya trīṇi śalalyādiśaṅkhaparyantānyādāya kumārasya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumanvavahṛtya triḥ pradakṣiṇamāvartayate \

Having murmured these sections, the maternal uncle sits down near the boy, takes the three items beginning with the quill and ending with the conch, brings them down along the boy's right arm, and turns them around three times clockwise.