Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
भारतं नवधा कृत्वा पुत्रेभ्यः प्रददौ पृथक् । तेषां नामांकितान्येव ततो द्वीपानि जज्ञिरे
bhārataṃ navadhā kṛtvā putrebhyaḥ pradadau pṛthak | teṣāṃ nāmāṃkitānyeva tato dvīpāni jajñire
ভারতকে নয় ভাগে বিভক্ত করে তিনি পৃথক পৃথকভাবে পুত্রদের দিলেন। তারপর তাদেরই নামে চিহ্নিত দ্বীপসমূহ উৎপন্ন হল।
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Bharata divides the realm into nine; a visionary overlay shows nine ‘dvīpas’ emerging, each labeled with a son’s name, suggesting mythic cartography.
FAQs
Right governance (rājadharma) includes orderly succession and welfare through just division, which Purāṇas also map onto sacred geography.
The broader frame is Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, though this verse focuses on Bhārata’s sacred-geographical ordering.
None; it describes a royal-dharmic act of division and allotment.