Markandeyapurana 57.59

57.59

dakṣiṇāparato hyasya pūrveṇa ca mahodadhiḥ /
himavānuttareṇāsya kārmukasya yathā guṇaḥ //

And in this Bhārata is established the law of the four ages, the Kṛta, Tretā and the two others. Such is this country Bhārata, constituted with a four-fold conformation.[312] On its south and west and east is the great ocean; the Himavat range stretches along on its north, like the string of a bow.[313]