Major Puranas Are Eighteen

There are 18 Puranas. So, what is a Purana?

Simple, puranas are ancient texts. They can considered as part of the vedas. They contain narratives about the history of the Universe from creation to destruction and the genealogies of kings, heroes, sages and other races, incarnation of God, about deities etc. Some puranas also provide information on cosmology and geography. 

There are totally 18 major puranas and they are



1. Vishnu Purana
2. Padma Purana
3. Brahma Purana
4. Agni Purana
5. Garuda Purana
6. Varaha Purana
7. Matsya Purana
8. Bhagavata Purana
9. Kurma Purana
10. Shiva Purana
11. Skanda Purana
12. Markandeya Purana
13. Brahma Vaivarta Purana
14. Vamana Purana
15. Bhavishya Purana
16. Naradiya Purana
17. Linga Purana
18. Brahmanda Purana

Jai Sriman Narayana