Śailādi said: The entire Homa is to be performed as before, with difference in the mantras as has already been mentioned. The worship shall be made with eight flowers, scents, etc. The rites of eulogy dedication and inner oblation shall be performed as before. The sacrificial altar and pit are prepared as before in accordance with the injunctions pertaining to fire (Vāhneya).[4] The oblations are then offered by means of these mantras after duly drawing the maṇḍala (mystic diagrams) in it. “Unto the Rudras, unto the Mothers, unto the Yakṣas, unto the Asuras, unto the planets, unto the Rākṣasas, unto the stars, unto the Viśvas and unto the Kṣetrapālas (guardians of frontiers)?’ Thereafter, he shall offer oblations unto the Kṣetrapālas in the quarters of the north-west and west.