Shiva Purana
शिखोपवीते संत्यज्य कटिसूत्रादिकं ततः ॥ विसृज्य प्राङ्मुखो गच्छेदुत्तराशामुखोपि वा ॥ ५७ ॥
He shall abandon the tuft, the sacred thread and the girdle too. He shall start to the east or to the north.
english translation
zikhopavIte saMtyajya kaTisUtrAdikaM tataH ॥ visRjya prAGmukho gaccheduttarAzAmukhopi vA ॥ 57 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript