Shoshyanti Homa

Samskara

A few days before the birth of the child, amidst celebration and blowing of conch shells, the wife should be moved to the confinement room (sutika griha) which may be located in the South-West part of the house, facing East. When the wife is about to bear the child, the husband should perform this rite for the safe delivery of the child and the wife’s good health.

This is the Shoshyanti Homa according to the followers of the Sama Veda.