Shiva Purana
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ अस्य भक्तिमविज्ञाय प्राग्वृत्तं ते निवेदितम् ॥ भक्तिश्चेदस्य किं पापैर्न ते भक्तः प्रणश्यति ॥ १२ ॥
Brahmā said:— I narrated his antecedents without realising his devotion. If there be devotion, sins are not effective? Your devotee never perishes.
english translation
brahmovAca ॥ asya bhaktimavijJAya prAgvRttaM te niveditam ॥ bhaktizcedasya kiM pApairna te bhaktaH praNazyati ॥ 12 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript