Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.5.3.8

2.5.3.8

athājyamadhiśrityobhayaṃ paryagni kṛtvā mekṣaṇaṃ ca sruvaṃ ca saṃmārṣṭi. athaitaṃ caruṃ śrapayitvābhighāryodañcamudvāsya pratiṣṭhitamabhighārayati \

Then, having set clarified butter on the fire and carried fire around both, he cleanses the stirring stick and the sruva ladle. Then, having cooked this caru, basted it with clarified butter, removed it from the fire toward the north, and set it firmly down, he bastes it again with clarified butter.