Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 28, Shloka 35
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
ये च स्वधर्मसन्त्यागात् पापं कुर्वन्ति मानवाः ।
उपेक्षतस्तान् नृपतेरिष्टापूर्तं प्रणश्यति ॥
ye ca svadharmasantyāgāt pāpaṃ kurvanti mānavāḥ | upekṣatas tān nṛpater iṣṭāpūrtaṃ praṇaśyati ||
那些男子若舍弃自身之本分（svadharma）而造罪；若国王对他们置之不理，则国王由祭祀与施舍等功德事业（iṣṭa 与 pūrta）所积之福德将被毁坏。
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A ruler’s righteousness is not only personal piety but active guardianship of dharma. If wrongdoing born from abandonment of svadharma is tolerated, the king becomes complicit and loses the spiritual fruit of his own religious and charitable acts.
Primarily Dharma-śāstra style instruction embedded in the Purāṇic narrative; it is ancillary ethical teaching rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, though it supports vaṃśānucarita by defining ideal kingly conduct.
Iṣṭa (ritual) and pūrta (public good) are portrayed as inseparable from moral governance: inner merit cannot stand when outer order is knowingly allowed to decay. Neglect (upekṣā) itself is treated as a subtle form of adharma.