Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 28, Shloka 3
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
मदालसोवाच दानमध्ययनं यज्ञो ब्राह्मणस्य त्रिधा मतः ।
नान्यश्चतुर्थो धर्मोऽस्ति धर्मस्तस्यापदं विना ॥
madālasovāca dānam adhyayanaṃ yajño brāhmaṇasya tridhā mataḥ / nānyaś caturtho dharmo 'sti dharmas tasyāpadaṃ vinā
मदालसा ने कहा—ब्राह्मण का धर्म तीन प्रकार का माना गया है—दान, स्वाध्याय (वेदाध्ययन) और यज्ञ। आपत्ति-काल के धर्म को छोड़कर उसके लिए चौथा कर्तव्य नहीं है।
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FAQs
The brāhmaṇa ideal is defined by learning, generosity, and sacrificial responsibility; flexibility (āpaddharma) is acknowledged only under genuine hardship.
A dharma-śāstric insert within purāṇic narrative; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa component.
The triad can be read as purification of possession (dāna), purification of intellect (adhyayana), and purification of action (yajña)—a threefold discipline.