One who has deviated from the vow of celibacy may become freed of that sin by being clad in a hide of a cow for six months and observing the penances laid down for Brahmanicide.
अवकीर्णिनिमित्तं तु ब्रह्महत्याव्रतं चरेत्। गोचर्मवासाः षण्मासांस्तथा मुच्येत किल्बिषात्॥