Rubbed with the astringent powder of the hanging roots of the banian and anointed with the oil of Priyangu, one should eat the Shashtika paddy mixed with milk. By so doing he becomes purged off all his sins.
घृष्टो वटकषायेण अनुलिप्तः प्रियंगुणा। क्षीरेण षष्टिकान् भुक्त्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥