Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.6.2

Then, having washed his hands and feet, taking the water-pot and the ball of clay, and having gone to the sacred bathing place, he washes his feet three times,

and himself three times.

Now some say: "A cremation ground, water, a temple of the gods, a cow pen, and where Brahmins are—one must not enter there without washing one's feet."

Then he approaches the water:

"I approach golden-horned Varuṇa; grant me a sacred bathing place when beseeched!

Whatever [food] of the wicked has been eaten by me, and [whatever] acceptance of gifts from sinners,

whatever misdeed has been done by me in mind, speech, or action,

may Indra, Varuṇa, Bṛhaspati, and Savitṛ purify that for us again and again!"

With this, he takes up water with his folded hands, saying: "Friendly may the waters and the plants be to us!"

He sprinkles away toward that direction in which direction he has an enemy, with: "Unfriendly may they be to him who hates us and whom we hate!"

Then, having touched water, he circumambulates the water clockwise three times, saying: "Whatever is cruel in the waters, whatever is unholy, whatever is unquiet, may that depart!"

Having immersed and emerged from the water, there is no setting down [of anything] by one who possesses water.

There is no washing of clothes at the foot, nor touching [thereof]; if they should be hindered, he waits upon [each] with its respective [formula]:

"Homage to Agni who is accompanied by water! Homage to Indra! Homage to Varuṇa! Homage to Vāruṇī! Homage to the waters!" Having come out and sipped water, having sipped water, he should sip water again, [saying]: "May the waters purify the earth! May the earth, purified, purify me!

May Brahmaṇaspati purify; may the sacred word, purified, purify me!

Whatever remnant of food, whatever uneatable [food], or whatever wicked conduct of mine,

may the waters purify me from all [that] and from the acceptance of gifts from the wicked, svāhā!"

Having made two strainers, he wipes [himself] with water,

with the three [verses beginning with] "āpo hi ṣṭhā mayo bhuvaḥ", with the four [beginning with] "hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ", and having wiped [himself] with this section, "pavamānaḥ suvarjanaḥ", standing submerged in the water, performing three breath controls with the Aghamarṣaṇa [hymn], stepping out of the water, wringing out his garment, putting on washed, air-dried, unstained garments, having sipped water, seated upon darbha grass, holding darbha grass, he should repeat the Sāvitrī verse a thousand times, or a hundred times, or at the least ten times.

Then he pays homage to the sun with: "udvayaṃ tamasaspari", "udutyaṃ", "citraṃ", "taccakṣurddevahitaṃ", [and] "ya udakāt".

Now they also cite: "The sacred syllable Om, the mystic utterances, and the Sāvitrī—these five Brahma-sacrifices purify the Brahmin day by day from sin."

Purified by the five Brahma-sacrifices, he then pleases the deities further. || 2