Markandeyapurana 28.1

28.1

jaḍa uvāca
tanmāturvacanaṃ śrutvā so 'larko mātaraṃ punaḥ /
papraccha varṇadharmāṃśca dharmā ye cāśrameṣu ca //

Jaḍa spoke:
Having listened to that his mother’s exhortation, Alarka also further questioned his mother both about the duties of the four classes, and about the duties appertaining to the four periods of a brāhman’s life.