Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 40
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
तपस्तेपे महाभागः पुलहाश्रमसंश्रयः ।
हिमाह्विं दक्षिणं वर्षं भरताय पिता ददौ ॥
tapas tepe mahābhāgaḥ pulahāśramasaṃśrayaḥ |
himāhviṃ dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya pitā dadau ||
那位有福者依止于普罗诃（Pulaha）仙人的精舍，修行苦行。其父将名为“希摩诃婆”（Himāhva）的南方地域赐予婆罗多（Bharata）。
FAQs
The verse juxtaposes worldly allotment (a father granting territory) with ascetic merit (tapas at a ṛṣi’s āśrama), underscoring the Purāṇic ideal that rulership and renunciation can be sequential duties within a righteous life.
Primarily Manvantara and Vaṃśānucarita: it belongs to the dynastic account within a Manu-period narrative, linking regions (varṣas) to ancestral rulers.
‘South’ and ‘Himā-’ imagery can be read symbolically as the descent of sovereignty into the manifest world, while the āśrama setting points to tapas as the inner foundation that legitimizes outer authority.