Markandeyapurana 49.2

49.2

yathā ca varṇānasṛjadyad guṇāśca mahāmate /
yacca yeṣāṃ smṛtaṃ karma viprādīnāṃ vadasva tat //

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.