Kathakagrihyasutra 3.9.12

3.9.12

etaistribhiryathākramamagnau tisraḥ samidha ādadhāti vratasāhacaryāttiṣṭhanneva, nāsīnaḥ | iyaṃ prathamā | samit pṛthivī pārthivatvāt | tāṃ samidhamagniḥ samindhe vyatyayenottamapuruṣaḥ samindhate | tāmahaṃ samindhe dīpayāmi | sā samiddhā suṣṭhu samiddhā satī māṃ brahmavarcasādibhiḥ samindhyāt samindhet | evaṃ dvitīyā antarikṣamiva, tṛtīyā dyauriveti samānam || etaistribhiścūlikākramāpūtairvrataṃ vimucyate | arthastūkta eva, kramamātrameva bhidyate sādhāraṇapadeṣu, tadacāriṣaṃ tadaśakamiti tu viśeṣaḥ | tadvataṃ caritaṃ tvatprasādānmayā, śaṃkitaṃ ca, tat sampannaṃ sat rakṣāmātramevāpekṣate | tasmāt he sūrya vāyo agne tadvataṃ no'smākaṃ gopāya rakṣa | vratavimoke saminnayadānaṃ kartavyam | tatrāpi ca mantrāḥ samidityādicūlikākrameṇeṣṭāḥ samidādānaṃ ca vratasāhacaryāttiṣṭhataḥ || udu tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ | dṛśe viśvāya sūryam || saṃdhyopāsane vyākhyeyam | pravocādityākhyāpane loḍarthe leṭ, ‘itaśca lopaḥ parasmaipadeṣu’ (3| 97|) itīkāralopaḥ, ‘leṭo'ḍāṭau’ (3|