Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 2
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
ऋषय ऊचुः जम्बूद्वीपस्य संस्थानं कथ्यमानं निसामय नवभेदं सुविस्तीर्णं स्वर्गसोक्षफलप्रदम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ jambūdvīpasya saṃsthānaṃ kathyamānaṃ nisāmaya navabhedaṃ suvistīrṇaṃ svargasokṣaphalapradam
Les sages dirent : «Écoute la description de la disposition de Jambūdvīpa telle qu’elle est exposée : immensément vaste, divisée en neuf parties, et dispensatrice des fruits du ciel et de la délivrance (mokṣa).»
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FAQs
Knowledge of sacred cosmography is framed as spiritually efficacious (phala-prada): attentive listening to ordered descriptions of the world is itself a merit-bearing act, linking cognition, devotion, and liberation.
The passage belongs to sarga/pratisarga-adjacent material: world-structure and divisions (dvīpa-bheda) are standard purāṇic cosmographic elements used to articulate the created order.
The ‘nine divisions’ represent an intelligible partitioning of the human world into ordered regions, suggesting that the cosmos is not random but dharma-shaped; the promise of svarga and mokṣa underscores that right orientation to the cosmic order supports spiritual ascent.