एवं तव भारतोत्तम जम्बूद्वीपवर्षविभागो यथोपदेशमुपवर्णित इति ॥ ३१ ॥
evam tava bharatottama jambudvipa-varsa-vibhago yathopadesam upavarnita iti.
- evam
- thus
- tava
- unto you
- bharata-uttama
- O best of the descendents of Bharata
- jambudvipa-varsa-vibhagah
- the divisions of the island of Jambudvipa
- yatha-upadesam
- as much as I am instructed by the authorities
- upavarnitah
- explained
- iti
- thus.
My dear King Pariksit, O best of the descendants of Bharata Maharaja, I have thus described to you, as I myself have been instructed, the island of Bharata-varsa and its adjoining islands. These are the islands that constitute Jambudvipa.