Shiva Purana
असाधारणकर्मा च सृष्टिस्थितिलयक्रमात् ॥ भुवं त्रिधा चतुर्धा च विभक्तः पञ्चधा पुनः ॥ १११ ॥
He also performs extraordinary activities in the order of creation, maintenance and annihilation. The earth was divided into three and four and then into five.
english translation
asAdhAraNakarmA ca sRSTisthitilayakramAt ॥ bhuvaM tridhA caturdhA ca vibhaktaH paJcadhA punaH ॥ 111 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript