Skandapurana 16.367.p4

16.367.p4

2 kathālakṣaṇaṃ kathāguṇadoṣavarṇanaṃ ca, ārṣapauruṣeyakāvyacihnaparīkṣaṇavarṇanam, aṣṭāda- śapurāṇanāmānukramavarṇanam, upapurāṇanāmānukramavarṇanam, mahāpurāṇasthaślokasaṃ- khyāvarṇanam, aṣṭādaśamahāpurāṇapustakadānavidhimāhātmyavarṇanam 2 2

2. Characteristics of the narrative and description of the merits and defects of the narrative; description of the examination of the characteristics of poetry composed by seers and men; description of the succession of names of the eighteen Purāṇas; description of the succession of names of the Upapurāṇas; description of the number of verses found in the Mahāpurāṇas; description of the rules and māhātmya for donating the texts of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas. 2 2