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Shiva Purana

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मुखबाहूरुसञ्जातं चातुर्वर्ण्य सहोदितम् ॥ कल्पनेयं कृता पूर्वैर्न घटेत विचारतः ॥ ४६ ॥

Some of the ancestors thought that the four castes are born of mouth, arms, thighs etc. of Brahmā.But when we consider, this does not fit in properly.

english translation

एकस्यां च तनौ जाता एकस्माद्यदि वा क्वचित् ॥ चत्वारस्तनयास्तत्किं भिन्नवर्णत्वमाप्नुयुः ॥ ४७ ॥

How can sons born of the same body or from the same body be of four different castes?

english translation

वर्णावर्णविभागोऽयं तस्मान्न प्रतिभासते ॥ अतो भेदो न मंतव्यो मानुष्ये केनचित्क्वचित् ॥ ४८ ॥

Hence the divisions of castes and outcastes do not appear to be sound. Hence no difference between man and man should be entertained.

english translation

सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ इत्थमाभाष्य दैत्येशं पौरांश्च स यतिर्मुने ॥ सशिष्यो वेदधर्माश्च नाशयामास चादरात् ॥ ४९ ॥

Sanatkumāra said: O sage, addressing the lord of the Asuras and the citizens thus, the sage with his disciples spoiled the Vedic rites in a determined manner.

english translation

स्त्रीधर्मं खंडयामास पातिव्रत्यपरं महत् ॥ जितेन्द्रियत्वं सर्वेषां पुरुषाणां तथैव सः ॥ 2-5-5-५० ॥

He then criticised the womanly virtues of chastity and manly virtues of continence etc.

english translation