[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Paraskaragrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara) › 3.4.8 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.4.8 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 3.4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.8) sthālīpākasya juhoti \ agnimindraṃ bṛhaspatiṃ viśvāndevānupahvaye sarasvatīṃ ca vājīṃ ca vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ sarpadevajanāntsarvān himavantaṃ sudarśanam \ vasūṃśca rudrānādityānīśānaṃ jagadaiḥ saha \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ pūrvāhṇamaparāhṇaṃ cobhau madhyaṃdinā saha \ pradoṣamarddharātraṃ ca vyuṣṭāṃ devīṃ mahāpathām \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ kartāraṃ ca vikartāraṃ viśvakarmāṇamoṣadhīṃśca vanaspatīn \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ dhātāraṃ ca vidhātāraṃ nidhīnāṃ ca patiṃ saha \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ syonaṃ śivamidaṃ vāstu dattaṃ brahmaprajāpatī \ sarvāśca devatāḥ svāheti \8\ > He makes offerings of the mess of cooked food (with the following Mantras): > (a) Agni, Indra, Brihaspati, the Visve devâs I invoke, Sarasvatî and Vâgî. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ! > (b) 'To all the divine hosts of serpents, to the Himavat, the Sudarsana (mountain), and the Vasus, Rudras, Âdityas, Îsâna with his companions, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ! > (c) 'To forenoon and afternoon both together with noon, to evening and midnight, to the goddess of dawn with her wide path, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ! > (d) 'To the Creator and the Changer, to Visvakarman, to the herbs and trees, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ! > (e) 'To Dhâtri and Vidhâtri, and to the Lord of treasures together with them, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ! > (f) 'As a lucky, a happy (place), give me this dwelling-place, Brahman and Pragâpati, and all deities. Svâhâ!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) - [Previous: 3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.7) - [Next: 3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.9) - [Up: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.3.4.8) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.8) · Pramāṇa