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Greatness of the Grhasthashrama is described in the conversation between Uma and Shankara occuring in the Anushasana parva of the Mahabharata.<ref name=":7">Bajaj, Jitendra and Mandayam, Srinivas (1996), Annam Bahu Kurvita, Madras:Centre for Policy Studies.</ref> In this dialogue, Uma seeks to know the dharma of ashramas, of the way one ought to lead life at different stages of a lifetime. And Shankara begins his answer to Uma's queries with the unequivocal assertion that of the four ashramas the grhastha ashrama is indeed the foremost.  

Greatness of the Grhasthashrama is described in the conversation between Uma and Shankara occuring in the Anushasana parva of the Mahabharata.<ref name=":7">Bajaj, Jitendra and Mandayam, Srinivas (1996), Annam Bahu Kurvita, Madras:Centre for Policy Studies.</ref> In this dialogue, Uma seeks to know the dharma of ashramas, of the way one ought to lead life at different stages of a lifetime. And Shankara begins his answer to Uma's queries with the unequivocal assertion that of the four ashramas the grhastha ashrama is indeed the foremost.  

गृहस्थः प्रवरस्तेषां गार्हस्थ्यं धर्ममाश्रितः।13.208.42<ref name=":9" />  

गृहस्थः प्रवरस्तेषां गार्हस्थ्यं धर्ममाश्रितः।13.208.42<ref name=":9" />