For purifying himself of the sin of Brahmanicide he asked many Brahmanas, and travelled from one country to another over the whole Earth.
ब्रह्महत्यापनोदार्थमपृच्छद् ब्राह्मणान् बहून्। पर्यटन् पृथिवीं कृत्स्ना देशे देशे नराधिपः॥