History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.343

v5.c71.s1.343

Parāśara (XII. 65-67) prescribes for *brahmahatyā* the penance of going to the sea and Rāma's bridge, begging and declaring on the way one's sin, walking without an umbrella or shoes and residing in cowpens, forests, *tīrthas* and river streams; on seeing the *setu* he was to bathe in the ocean and on return to feed brāhmaṇas at a dinner and to donate 100 cows to learned brāhmaṇas.