Skanda Purana 7.3.91_481

7.3.91_481

kalmaṣeṇa na yujyeta naraḥ75 kartā kadācana ..48. .
sarvāvasthopi pāpātmā jñānani'drena76 cetasā77 .
yo 'bhyarcayati bhāṃ
.nityaṃ sa mamātmasamo bhavet ..49..

that man, the agent, is never joined with defilement. // 48
Even if of sinful soul, in all conditions, he who with a mind fixed in knowledge / always worships me, becomes equal to myself. // 49