Shloka 28
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
(उक्त गृहस्थ-धर्मका पालन करना
śrīmaheśvara uvāca | (ukta-gṛhastha-dharmakā pālana karanā,) parāyī strīke saṃsargase dūra rahanā, dharohara aura satrī kī rakṣā karanā, binā diye kisīkī vastu na lenā tathā māṃsa aura madirāko tyāga denā—se dharmake pāṃca bheda haiṃ, jo sukhakī prāpti karānevāle haiṃ | inmeṃse eka-eka dharmakī aneka śākhāeṃ haiṃ | dharmako śreṣṭha mānanevāle manuṣyoṃko cāhiye ki ve puṇyaprad dharmakā pālana avaśya kareṃ || umovāca | bhagavan saṃśayaḥ pṛṣṭas tan me śaṃsitum arhasi | cāturvarṇyasya yo dharmaḥ sve sve varṇe guṇāvahaḥ ||
大自在天（摩醯首罗）曰：“导向安乐之法有五：如所教而恪守居家之法；远离与他人妻之交往；护持所托之寄藏，并护卫妇女；未受施与，不取他物；舍离肉食与醉酒之饮。此五法各各复有多支。故以法为至上者，当必修行此能生功德之正道。” 乌摩曰：“世尊，我又起一疑，愿为我宣说。请告四姓（varṇa）之法——各随其性德，何者最为有益？”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma that yields happiness is grounded in disciplined household conduct, sexual restraint (avoiding another’s spouse), safeguarding trusts and women, refusing theft (taking only what is given), and sobriety/renunciation of meat and intoxicants; these are broad principles with many practical sub-rules.
Śiva enumerates five happiness-producing forms of dharma and notes their many branches; then Umā asks a follow-up question requesting the specific, beneficial duties appropriate to each of the four varṇas.