[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) › 49.2 # Markandeyapurana 49.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 49.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [49.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.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. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 49.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.49.1) - [Next: 49.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.49.3) - [Up: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.49) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.49.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.49.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.6.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.49.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.49.2) · Pramāṇa