Skandapurana 6.3.184.24

6.3.184.24

japannavamyāṃ viprendro mucyate pāpasañcayāt .
evaṃ tu kathitaṃ tāta purāṇoktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ .. 184.24 ..

Chanting on the ninth day, the foremost of brahmins is freed from an accumulation of sins. / Thus has been related, dear one, what was spoken by the great seers in the Purāṇas.