Matsyapurana 121.81

121.81

ārogyāyuḥpramāṇābhyāṃ dharmataḥ kāmato 'rthataḥ
samanvitāni bhūtāni teṣu varṣeṣu bhāgaśaḥ //

The more northern (one of those mountains) the region, the better it is. The people residing there are healthy, pious, longlived and possessed of the sterling qualities (Dharma, Artha, Kâma, &c.). Various classes of people live in those khaṇḍas. The universe thus holding the various regions on her is known as Pṛithvî or Jagat (Earth).—81-82.