Paraskaragrihyasutra 38.2.2

38.2.2

āplutāḥ snātāḥ, ahate nave sadaśe sakṛt prakṣālite pratyekaṃ vāsasī yeṣāṃ te ahatavāsasaḥ svāmiprabhṛtayaḥ pratyavarohaṃti strastaraṃ niviśaṃte (dakṣiṇataḥsvāmī jāyottarā yathākaniṣṭhamuttarataḥ ) kathaṃ pratyavarohanti ? sarveṣāṃ dakṣiṇataḥ svāmī gṛhapatirbhavati, tasyottarā jāyā patnī tasyā uttarataḥ apatyāni iti śeṣaḥ | kathaṃ yathākaniṣṭhaṃ yo yasmāt kaniṣṭhaḥ sa tasmāduttarataḥ tasmādapi yaḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ sa taduttarata iti (dakṣiṇato brahmāṇamupaveśyottarata udapātraṃ śamīśākhāsītāloṣṭāimano nidhāyāgnimīkṣamāṇo japatyayamagnivīratama iti ) tatra svāmī strastaraṃ pratyavarokṣyan dakṣiṇato'gneḥ brahmāṇaṃ yathāvidhi upaveśya uttarata udapātraṃ jalapūrṇaṃ bhājanaṃ śamīvṛkṣasya śākhāṃ sītāloṣṭaṃ halapaddhatibhavaṃ mṛcchakalam aśmānaṃ prastaraṃ ca nidhāya sthāpayitvā agnimīkṣamāṇaḥ āvasathyaṃ paśyan ayamagnivīṃratamo'yaṃ bhagavattamaḥ sahasrasātamaḥ | suvīryo'dya śreṣṭhye dadhātu nāvityetaṃ maṃtraṃ japati ( paścādagneḥ prāṃcamaṃjaliṃ karoti daivīṃ nāvamiti tisṛbhiḥ) agneḥ paścimataḥ sthitvā prāgagramaṃjaliṃ karasaṃpuṭaṃ vidadhāti daivīṃ nāvamityārabhya madhvā rajām̐si sukratū ityaṃtābhistisṛbhirṛgbhiḥ ( strastaramārohaṃti brahmāṇamāmaṃtrayate brahman pratyavarohāmeti ) strastaraṃ yathoktam ārohaṃti idānīṃ svāmiprabhṛtayaḥ | pūrvaṃ yatpratyavarohaṃtītyuktaṃ tadvidhānārtham | tatra svāmī brahmāṇam āmaṃtrayate pṛcchati | kathaṃ ?