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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.40
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 40
- ṣoḍaśy-ukthau pūrva-vaktrāt
- purīṣy-agniṣṭutāv atha
- āptoryāmātirātrau ca
- vājapeyaṁ sagosavam
ṣoḍaśītypes of sacrifice-ukthautypes of sacrifice — types of sacrifice; pūrvafrom the eastern mouth-vaktrātfrom the eastern mouth — from the eastern mouth; purīṣitypes of sacrifice-agniṣṭutautypes of sacrifice — types of sacrifice; athathen — then; āptoryāmatypes of sacrifice-atirātrautypes of sacrifice — types of sacrifice; caand — and; vājapeyamtype of sacrifice — type of sacrifice; satype of sacrifice-gosavamtype of sacrifice — type of sacrifice.
All the different varieties of fire sacrifices [ṣoḍaśī, uktha, purīṣi, agniṣṭoma, āptoryāma, atirātra, vājapeya and gosava] became manifested from the eastern mouth of Brahmā.