As the sacred fire waits for libations to be poured upon it when the hour for Homa arrives, so a woman, when her period is over, cxpects sexual union with her husband.
होमकाले यथा वह्निः कालमेव प्रतीक्षते। ऋतुकाले तथा नारी ऋतुमेव प्रतीक्षते॥