SB 12.7.22

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

SB 12.7.21

SB 12.7.23

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 22

evaṁ lakṣaṇa-lakṣyāṇi
purāṇāni purā-vidaḥ
munayo 'ṣṭādaśa prāhuḥ
kṣullakāni mahānti ca

SYNONYMS

evam—in this way; lakṣaṇa-lakṣyāṇi—symptomized by their characteristics; purāṇāni—the Purāṇas; purā-vidaḥ-those who are expert in such ancient histories; munayaḥ—the sages; aṣṭādaśa—eighteen; prāhuḥ—say; kṣullakāni—minor; mahānti—great; ca—also.

TRANSLATION

Sages expert in ancient histories have declared that the Purāṇas, according to their various characteristics, can be divided into eighteen major Purāṇas and eighteen secondary Purāṇas.