Shloka 66
इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्
Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration
शूद्रा: परिचरिष्यन्ति न द्विजान् युगसंक्षये । आश्रमेषु महर्षीणां ब्राह्मणावसथेषु च,युगान्तकालमें शूद्र द्विजातियोंकी सेवा नहीं करेंगे। वह समय आनेपर महर्षियोंके आश्रमोंमें, ब्राह्मणोंके घरोंमें, देवस्थानोंमें, चैत्यवृक्षोंके आस-पास और नागालयोंमें जो भूमि होगी, उसपर हड्डी जड़ी हुई दीवारोंका चिह्न तो उपलब्ध होगा; परंतु देवमन्दिर उस भूमिकी शोभा नहीं बढ़ायेंगे
śūdrāḥ paricariṣyanti na dvijān yugasaṃkṣaye | āśrameṣu maharṣīṇāṃ brāhmaṇāvasatheṣu ca ||
马尔坎德耶说道：“在劫末、时代崩解之时，首陀罗将不再侍奉二生者。即便在大圣仙的林居道场、在婆罗门的宅第之中，既定的敬奉与服事之序也将衰微。”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a yuga-end (age-ending) symptom: the weakening of traditional duties and reciprocal social obligations, especially the expected service relationship between Śūdras and the twice-born, signaling broader dharmic decline.
Mārkaṇḍeya is describing future degeneration at the close of an age, listing signs that established religious and social institutions—such as seers’ hermitages and Brāhmaṇa households—will no longer command customary respect and service.