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ŚB 12.7.22

Devanagari

एवंलक्षणलक्ष्याणि पुराणानि पुराविद: ।
मुनयोऽष्टादश प्राहु: क्षुल्लकानि महान्ति च ॥ २२ ॥

Text

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.