Shloka 1
भारतवर्षमहात्म्यम् — कर्मभूमित्वम्, नवभेदाः, कुलपर्वताः-नद्यः-जनपदाः, युगचक्रविशेषः, यज्ञपुरुषविष्णुपूजा
उत्तरं यत् समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश् चैव दक्षिणम् वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र संततिः
uttaraṃ yat samudrasya himādreś caiva dakṣiṇam varṣaṃ tad bhārataṃ nāma bhāratī yatra saṃtatiḥ
ດິນແດນທີ່ຢູ່ທາງເໜືອຂອງມະຫາສະໝຸດ ແລະຢູ່ທາງໃຕ້ຂອງພູຫິມາລະຍະ ເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ພາຣະຕະວັຣສະ’; ທີ່ນັ້ນເອງ ລູກຫຼານຂອງພາຣະຕະເກີດ ແລະສືບສາຍຕໍ່ໄປ.
Sage Parāśara (in dialogue with Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse defines Bharata-varsha geographically (between the ocean and the Himalayas) and marks it as the land associated with Bharata’s lineage, implying a Dharma-oriented human sphere within the Purana’s cosmic order.
Parāśara frames Bhārata primarily through boundaries and lineage—naming the region and linking it to the continuity of Bharata’s descendants—before expanding into broader descriptions of the world’s divisions.
Even in geographic description, the Vishnu Purana treats the world’s structure as ordered reality—an arrangement ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the sovereign principle sustaining cosmos, Dharma, and human purpose.