Shiva Purana
आबध्याद्वामतः शुद्धं कौपीनं च सडोरकम् ॥ ततः संधारयेद्भस्म तद्विधिः प्रोच्यतेऽद्रिजे ॥ १९॥
A pure loin-cloth shall be tied with its string with the knot on the left side. Then he shall smear his body with the ashes. O daughter of the mountain, now I tell you the procedure thereof.
english translation
AbadhyAdvAmataH zuddhaM kaupInaM ca saDorakam ॥ tataH saMdhArayedbhasma tadvidhiH procyate'drije ॥ 19॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript