Sūta said:: O Brahmins, he who reads this or listens to it or narrates this to the Brahmins, attains the merit of a thousand horse-sacrifices. In order to obtain release, the following sinners should repeat for a year these names, during the three Sandhyās (morning, midday and dusk) in the temple of Śiva or in the region sacred to Śiva and they should also worship the lord. They are:—the slayer of a Brahmin, the wine addict, the thief, the defiler of the preceptor’s bed, the murderer of a refugee, and the one who commits breach of faith with his friends. So also the slayer of mother, father, warrior and the child in the womb.