History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.128

v5.c73.t1.128

greenish *darbhas* together with ends uncut, that are smooth and well nourished, one *aratni* in length and touched with that part of the hand called *pitṛtīrtha* are pure. The Padmapurāṇa (Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 11.92) and Skanda VII.1. 205.16 state that *kuśas* and black sesamum spring from the body of Viṣṇu and the Viṣṇudharmottara I. 139.12 says that *tilas* and *darbhas* sprang from the perspiration and hair of Viṣṇu in the Boar incarnation. The Matsya (22.89) says the same.