List of the 18 Puranas

[Bhava dasa (ACBSP)]

1. The Brahma Purāṇa (10,000 verses)
2. The Padma Purāṇa (55,000 verses)
3. The Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa (23,000 verses)
4. The Śiva Purāṇa (24,000 verses)
5. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (18,000 verses)
6. The Nārada Purāṇa (25,000 verses)
7. The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (9,000 verses)
8. The Agni Purāṇa (15,400 verses)
9. The Bhaviṣya Purāṇa (14,500 verses)
10. The Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa (18,000 verses)
11. The Liṅga Purāṇa (11,000 verses)
12. The Varāha Purāṇa (24,000 verses)
13. The Skanda Purāṇa (81,100 verses)
14. The Vāmana Purāṇa (10,000 verses)
15. The Kūrma Purāṇa (17,000 verses)
16. The Matsya Purāṇa (14,000 verses)
17. The Garuḍa Purāṇa (19,000 verses)
18. The Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa (12,000 verses)

Each Purana contains from 9,000 to 81,000 verses.

“Thus the total number of verses in all the Purāṇas is 400,000. 18,000 of these, once again, belong to the beautiful Bhāgavatam.”