The Geography of the Puranas c13.s7.10

c13.s7.10

⁴ The list of the 18 Purāṇas called the mahā-purāṇas as given in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (III, Ch. 6), is as follows: Brahma, Padma, Vaiṣṇava, Śaiva, Bhāgavata, Nāradīya, Mārkaṇḍeya, Agni, Bhaviṣya, Brahma Vaivarta, Liṅga, Varāha, Skanda, Vāmana, Kūrma, Matsya, Garuḍa and Brahmāṇḍa. This order does not hold good insofar as the lists in other Purāṇas are concerned.