Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.2.6.11

3.2.6.11

darvīṃ prakṣāḷya nidhāya tathaiva pariṣicya piṇḍāvṛtaitān piṇḍān dattvā śraddhābhimarśanenābhimṛśati pṛthivī te pātram ityetena \

Having washed and put down the ladle, having circum-poured water in the same way, having given these ancestral balls of rice according to the procedure of ancestral balls of rice, he touches them with the touching formula of faith: with this verse, “The earth is your vessel….”