Description of Bharata-Varsha; extent; chief mountains; nine divisions; principal nations; superiority over other Varshasi especially as the seat of religious acts - Verse 1
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 2 · Verse 3.1
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Sanskrit Original
उत्तरं यत समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश चैव दक्षिणम वर्षं तद भारतं नाम भारती यत्र संततिः ।।
uttaraṃ yat samudrasya himādreś caiva dakṣiṇam varṣaṃ tad bhārataṃ nāma bhāratī yatra saṃtatiḥ ||
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The region north of the ocean and south of the Himalayas is called Bharat, where the descendants of Bharata reside.