Skandapurana 1.4.8.41

1.4.8.41

śrṛṇvannimāmapi kathāṃ nṛpate manuṣyaḥ suśraddhayā bhavati pāpavimuktadehaḥ..
śaṃbhoḥ prasādamabhigamya yathāyurevamāsītprasādata iyaṃ mama kūrmatā ca.. 10.41 ..

Hearing this story also with good faith, O king, a man has his body freed from sin. / Having attained the grace of Śambhu, as [my] life [was spared], so too through his grace this tortoise-state of mine came to be.