Sanatkumāra said: The devotee shall repeat Gāyatrī and sit facing the east. After performing all these rites the excellent brahmin shall perform rites beginning with Garbhādhāna using the sixteenfold articles of worship.[6] The sprinkling shall be made in the right hand side nostril with the tender sprouts of the Dūrvā grass along with the fruits of the Udumbara tree. Water shall be sprinkled twenty-one times by means of the Kuśa grass. In the rite of Sīmanta also water shall be sprinkled in the north-eastern direction.