Shloka 40
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
Sanskrit
दशाहं ब्राह्मणस्तिष्ठेद्दानहोमादिवर्जितः ।
क्षत्रियो द्वादशाहञ्च वैश्यो मासार्धमेव च ॥
Transliteration
daśāhaṃ brāhmaṇas tiṣṭhed dāna-homādi-varjitaḥ | kṣatriyo dvādaśāhañ ca vaiśyo māsārdham eva ca ||
Translation
दशाहं ब्राह्मणस्तिष्ठेद्दानहोमादिवर्जितः। द्वादशाहं तु राजन्यो वैश्योऽर्धमासमेव तु॥
Speakers
Dharma-instruction within the Markandeya Purana’s didactic discourse (speaker not specified in the excerpt)
Key Themes
DharmaGṛhastha dutiesŚauca/AśaucaAntyeṣṭi (funerary) norms