For the sake of repentance, one shall hav to perform noble deeds for the same period only then the sin could be washed out. All th fortunes can be achieved by means of merit and the sins relating to one's mind, body an speech, get destroyed. The mental sins are lik the paste and the sins performed in severs other births get destroyed by meditating upo lord Siva and not otherwise. The sins o speech are removed by recitation, the sins 0 body are removed by fasting.