Shloka 1
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे पितापुत्रसंवादे आत्मविवेको नाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः ।
अष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः ।
जड उवाच तन्मातुर्वचनं श्रुत्वा सोऽलर्को मातरं पुनः ।
पप्रच्छ वर्णधर्मांश्च धर्मा ये चाश्रमेषु च ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe pitāputrasaṃvāde ātmaviveko nāma saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ / aṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ / jaḍa uvāca tanmātur vacanaṃ śrutvā so 'larko mātaraṃ punaḥ / papraccha varṇadharmāṃś ca dharmā ye cāśrameṣu ca
Assim, no Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, no diálogo entre pai e filho, encerra-se o vigésimo sétimo capítulo chamado «Ātmaviveka». Agora começa o vigésimo oitavo capítulo. Jaḍa disse: Tendo ouvido as palavras de sua mãe, Alarka voltou a perguntar à mãe sobre os deveres dos varṇas e sobre os deveres próprios dos estágios de vida (āśramas).
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FAQs
The text pivots from rājadharma to broader social and life-stage duties, indicating that personal and royal ethics are grounded in a wider varṇāśrama framework.
This is a structural marker (colophon/transition) within didactic material; it does not map to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa directly.
The shift from ‘self-discernment’ to ‘social duties’ suggests an integrative ideal: inner clarity (ātmaviveka) should express as ordered conduct in the world.