Sanatkumāra said: After drawing thus the Homa rite shall be performed. The main Homa shall be performed by repeating the Gāyatrī mantra, Svāhā unto Śakra, to Vahni, to Yama, to the lord of the Rākṣasas, to Varuṇa, to Vāyu, to Kubera, to Īśvara, to Viṣṇu and Brahmā. Homa shall be duly performed with the Praṇava ending with Svāhā, through the fire generated in accordance with the tenets of one’s own branch of the Vedas. Then the priest shall perform all the rites ending with Jayādi Homa Sviṣṭa Homa in accordance with the injunctions. In all these Homas and in the main Homa the sacrificial twig shall be that of Palāśa. Twenty-one Homas shall be performed repeating the following mantra.