Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 109
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
करोत्यात्महितं कुर्वन् विश्वासञ्च महाजने ।
देवताः पितरो विप्रा मित्रार्थिविकलादयः ॥
karoty ātma-hitaṃ kurvan viśvāsaṃ ca mahā-jane | devatāḥ pitaro viprā mitra-arthi-vikalādayaḥ ||
如是行事，他成就自身之善，并在贤达之中赢得信任。诸天、祖灵、婆罗门、友人、求助者、困厄者及其他众人，皆仰望此等之人。
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FAQs
Virtue is portrayed as simultaneously self-benefiting and society-sustaining: it generates credibility and becomes a refuge for those who seek help or are suffering.
Not pancalakṣaṇa proper; it is dharma-nīti discourse embedded in an ākhyāna.
‘Trust among the great’ can be read as inner alignment with higher faculties (buddhi/sattva), by which one becomes ‘approachable’ to the divine and ancestral currents.