Markandeyapurana 49.77

49.77

prājāpatyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ smṛtaṃ sthānaṃ kriyāvatām /
sthānamaindraṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ saṃgrāmeṣvapalāyinām //

Prājāpatya[71] is traditionally declared to he the sphere assigned after death to brāhmans who perform the ceremonies. Aindra[72] is the sphere of kṣatriyas who flee not in battle. Māruta[73] is the sphere of vaiśyas who observe their own proper laws. Gāndharva[74] is the sphere of the various classes of śūdras who perform menial service. The sphere of those eighty-eight thousand ṛṣis who live in perpetual chastity has been traditionally declared to be that of the inhabitants of Jupiter. The sphere of the Seven Ṛṣis[75] has been traditionally declared to be that of hermits. Prājāpatya[76] is the sphere of householders; the abode of Brahmā is for those men who have abandoned all worldly concerns; the world of immortality is for yogis—such is the ordinance of the various spheres assigned after death.