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# Skandapurana 16.11.6

Skandapurāṇa 16.11.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.11.6)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
pṛthivyā madhyagarbhasthaṃ jaṃbūdvīpamiti smṛtam ..  
tacca vai navadhā bhinnaṃ varṣabhedena sundari..6..

> Īśvara said: / What is situated in the inner core of the earth is known as Jambudvīpa. / And that, indeed, is divided ninefold according to the division of realms, O fair woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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