Markandeyapurana 49.1

49.1

krauṣṭukiruvāca
arvākstrotastu kathito bhavatā yastu mānuṣaḥ /
brahman ! vistarato brūhi brahmā samasṛjadyathā //

Krauṣṭuki spoke:
Thou hast told me, Sir, of the group of beings in which the stream of life[1] passes downwards; tell me fully, O brāhman, how Brahmā created the human creation, and how he created the classes of men, and how their qualities, O wise Sir; and tell me what business has been assigned to the brāhmans and those other classes severally.