Kathakagrihyasutra 55.5

55.5

snātaścāsāvuptakeśo muṇḍitaśirāstasmin māṇavake upasthite sati, yathāvidhi upasamādhānamagnisaṃskāramuddhatasiktopalipte bhūviśeṣe sthāpanaṃ parisaṃvahanaṃ paryukṣaṇaṃ paristaraṇaṃ ca kṛtvā''jyaṃ copanidhāya, vilāpya, saṃvīkṣya, daṇḍamekhalādikaṃ yathopayoga-
mānīyopanetā jayaprabhṛtibhirṛtunakṣatrādyantairhutvā, revatīstvetyādikayā śakkaryā ahatamabhuktaṃ navaṃ vāso haste nidhāyābhimantrayate| kila vāsaso'yamutpattikramaḥ - ādau tāvadrevatībhiḥ karpāso loṣṭanikābhirabhihanyate vidhūyate ca, tataḥ kṛtyate veṣṭyate sūtratāmāpādyate ityarthaḥ, tatastantuvāyena ātānāyate, tataḥ kūrcena parāmṛjyate| tato vastraṃ vayati tantuvāyaḥ, sampanne ca vastre pallavadvaye daśāḥ saṃyojayati| evaṃkramo'tra mantre karpāsādīnāṃ hananādau devatāviśeṣāṇāṃ kartṛtāropaṇena stūyate| he vastra tvāṃ revatīḥ devatāḥ vyakṣanviśeṣeṇākṣiptavan karpāsāvasthāyāṃ loṣṭanikādibhirhatavatyaḥ| kṛttikāḥ ‘kṛtī-veṣṭane’, kartaryo veṣṭikāścakratuḥ cakruḥ sūtraṃ kṛtavatyastadvāreṇa sampāditavatyaḥ| apaso'pāpā marutastvāṃ vyatanvata viśeṣāṇātanvata ātānarūpatāṃ kṛtavanta ityarthaḥ| dhiyo'vayan buddhiviśeṣeṇa hi vastraviśeṣasya vānaṃ sampadyate| ava gnāḥ amṛjan ‘vyavahitāśca’ (1.4.82) ityavaśabdo mṛjinā sambadhyate| gnāḥ devatāḥ. avāmṛjan ‘mṛjū-śuddhau’ kūrcena ātatasya sūtrasya mārjanaṃ kṛtavatya ityarthaḥ| sahasramantānabhitodayacchan, abhita ubhayataḥ pallavadvaye uditi nipātastathā śabdasyārthe, sahasraśabdo bāhulyārthaḥ, sahasramantānāṃ daśānāmayacchan babandhuḥ| kāḥ| gnā iti yojanīyam| aśītirmadhyamavayannu nārīḥ, nuśabdaḥ kṣipravacanaḥ, madhyaṃ vastrasyāśītirnāryo nāgadevatā avayan utavatyaḥ |