Shiva Purana
तत्र तीर्थेषु सुस्नात्वा समभ्यर्च्य महाबलम् ॥ निर्धूताशेषपापौघोऽलभच्छंभोः परम्पदम्॥ ४९॥
He took his dip in the holy ponds and worshipped Mahābala. His sins were wiped off without the least vestige. He attained the great region of Śiva.
english translation
tatra tIrtheSu susnAtvA samabhyarcya mahAbalam ॥ nirdhUtAzeSapApaugho'labhacchaMbhoH parampadam॥ 49॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript