Shloka 31
प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीपविभागः, जम्बूद्वीप-वर्षविभागः, भरत-नामकरणम्
ततश् च भारतं वर्षम् एतल् लोकेषु गीयते भरताय यतः पित्रा दत्तं प्रातिष्ठता वनम्
tataś ca bhārataṃ varṣam etal lokeṣu gīyate bharatāya yataḥ pitrā dattaṃ prātiṣṭhatā vanam
तब से यह प्रदेश लोकों में ‘भारतवर्ष’ के नाम से गाया जाता है; क्योंकि पिता ने इसे भरत को दिया था, और भरत ने वन में निवास स्थापित किया।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It presents Bhārata-varṣa as a universally recognized sacred land in the Purāṇic cosmos, whose very name carries remembered lineage and dharmic meaning.
He derives it from Bharata: the land is called Bhārata because it was given to Bharata by his father, linking geography to dynastic history.
Even when describing place-names and lineage, the Vishnu Purana frames worldly order—kingship, land, and renunciation—as part of the divinely sustained cosmic order under Vishnu’s sovereignty.