In such cases expiations should be performed and propitiatory rites should be observed, and oblations offered to the celestials. The Savitri hymn should be recited and the Revati rites and Kushmanda penances should be performed for destroying the sin.
प्रायश्चित्तं च शान्तिं च जुहुयात् तेन मुच्यते। सावित्रीं रैवतीमिष्टिं कूष्माण्डमघमर्षणम्॥