Markandeyapurana 57.9

57.9

ijyādhyāyavaṇijyādyaiḥ karmabhiḥ kṛtapāvanāḥ /
teṣāṃ saṃvyavahāraśca ebhiḥ karmabhiriṣyate //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
Hear from me the nine divisions of this country Bhārata; they must be known as extending to the ocean, but as being mutually inaccessible. They[2] are Indradvīpa, Kaśerūmat,[3] Tāmravarṇa,[4] Gabhastimat, and Nāgadvīpa, Saumya, Gāṇḍharva,[5] and Vāruṇa; and this is the ninth dvipa among them, and it is surrounded by the sea.[6] This dvīpa is a thousand yojanas from south to north.[7] At its east end are the Kirātas,[8] and at the west the Yavanas.[9] Within it dwell brāhmans, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, O brāhman. They accomplish their purification with the occupa tions of sacrifice, meditation, trade, &c.; and they seek their mutual business through these occupations, and they gain Svarga or final emancipation from existence, merit and sin then.