Shiva Purana
अंत्यजो वाधमो वापि मूर्खो वा पंडितो ऽपि वा ॥ पञ्चाक्षरजपे निष्ठो मुच्यते पापपंजरात् ॥ ३७ ॥
A person steady in the Japa of the five-syllabled mantra is released from the cage of sins whether he be a Śūdra, base-born, fool or a learned man.
english translation
aMtyajo vAdhamo vApi mUrkho vA paMDito 'pi vA ॥ paJcAkSarajape niSTho mucyate pApapaMjarAt ॥ 37 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript