Paraskaragrihyasutra 1.1

1.1.1

athāto gṛhyasthālīpākānāṃ karma \1\

1.1.2

parisamuhyopalipyollikhyoddhṛtyābhyukṣyāgnimupasamādhāya dakṣiṇato brahmāsanamāstīrya praṇīya paristīryārthavadāsādya pavitre kṛtvā prokṣaṇīḥ saṃskṛtyārthavatprokṣya nirupyājyamadhiśritya paryagni kuryāt \2\

Having wiped (around the surface on which he intends to perform a sacrifice), having besmeared it (with cowdung), having drawn the lines thereon, having taken the earth out (of the lines), having besprinkled (the place with water), having established the (sacred) fire, having spread out the seat for the Brahman to the south, having carried forward (the Pranîta water), having spread (Kusa grass) round (the fire), having put down (the different things used at the sacrifice) according as they are wanted, having prepared two (Kusa blades used as) strainers, having consecrated the Prokshanî water, having sprinkled (with that water the sacrificial implements) according to what is needed, having poured out (the Âgya or sacrificial butter into the pot), and having put the sacrificial butter on the fire, he should (lustrate the butter by) moving a fire-brand round it.

1.1.3

sruvaṃ pratapya sammṛjyābhyukṣya punaḥ pratapya nidadhyāt \3\

Having warmed the (sacrificial spoon called) Sruva, having wiped it, having besprinkled it (with water), and warmed it again, he should put it down.

1.1.4

ājyamudvāsyotpūyāvekṣya prokṣaṇīśca pūrvavadupayamanānkuśānādāya samidho 'bhyādhāya paryukṣya juhuyāt \4\

Having taken the Âgya from the fire, having purified it, having looked at it, and (having purified) the Prokshanî water as above, having taken up the Kusa blades with which he is to take hold (of the Âgya pot) by its under surface, having put pieces of wood on (the fire), and having sprinkled (water round it), he should sacrifice.

1.1.5

eṣa eva vidhiryatra kvaciddhomaḥ \5\ \\1\\

This is the rite wherever a sacrifice is performed.