[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 28.7 # Markandeyapurana 28.7 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 28.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.28.7) dānaṃ yajño 'tha śuśrūṣā dvijātīnāṃ tridhā mayā / vyākhyātaḥ śūdradharmo 'pi jīvikā kārukarma ca // > Giving, sacrifice, and service to the twice-born have been explained by me / as threefold for the śūdra also; craftwork is his livelihood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.28.6) - [Next: 28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.28.8) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.28.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.530) — R. S. Sharma, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.28.7) · Pramāṇa