Shiva Purana
साम्यात्प्रसादसंपर्को धर्मस्यातिशयस्ततः ॥ धर्मातिशयमासाद्य पशोः पापपरिक्षयः ॥ ३३ ॥
Contact with grace yields excellence of Dharma. After attaining this excellence the sins of the individual decline.
english translation
sAmyAtprasAdasaMparko dharmasyAtizayastataH ॥ dharmAtizayamAsAdya pazoH pApaparikSayaH ॥ 33 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript