[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.367.p4 # Skandapurana 16.367.p4 Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.367.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.367.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p3) - [Next: 16.367.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p5) - [Up: 16.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.367.p4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p4) · Pramāṇa