Markandeyapurana 57.4

57.4

ye cāsya bhedā yāvanto yathāvat sthitireva ca /
varṣo 'yaṃ dvijaśārdūla ! ye cāsmin deśaparvatāḥ //

Krauṣṭuki spoke:
Adorable Sir! thou hast fully described this Jambudvīpa. Just as thou hast declared it, merit-producing action exists nowhere else, nor action that tends to sin, except in Bhārata, O illustrious Sir! And from this land both Svarga is attained, and final emancipation from existence, and the medium end also. Verily nowhere else on earth is action ordained for mortals. Therefore tell me, O brāhman, about this Bhārata in detail, and what are its divisions, and how many they are, and what is its constitution accurately; it is the country,[1] and what are the provinces and the mountains in it, O brāhman?