Shloka 11
प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीपविभागः, जम्बूद्वीप-वर्षविभागः, भरत-नामकरणम्
प्रियव्रतो ददौ तेषां सप्तानां मुनिसत्तम विभज्य सप्त द्वीपानि मैत्रेय सुमहात्मनाम्
priyavrato dadau teṣāṃ saptānāṃ munisattama vibhajya sapta dvīpāni maitreya sumahātmanām
हे मुनिश्रेष्ठ मैत्रेय, प्रियव्रताने पृथ्वी सात द्वीपांत विभागून त्या सात महात्म्यांना ते सातही द्वीप प्रदान केले।
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents the foundational act of world-ordering: the earth is conceived as seven island-continents, and their allocation establishes a divinely-aligned political and cosmic geography.
Parāśara frames kingship as a dharmic instrument: Priyavrata does not merely rule—he organizes and apportions the world, assigning domains to qualified great-souled rulers to maintain stability and order.
Even when Vishnu is not named directly, the Purana’s cosmology implies that such orderly division reflects Vishnu’s sustaining power—sovereignty and structure in the world mirror the Supreme Reality’s governance of creation.