brÄhmaá¹ pÄdmaá¹ vaiṣṇavaá¹ ca
Å›aivaá¹ laiá¹…gaá¹ sa-gÄruá¸aá¹
nÄradÄ«yaá¹ bhÄgavatam
Ägneyaá¹ skÄnda-saá¹jñitam
bhaviá¹£yaá¹ brahma-vaivartaá¹
mÄrkaṇá¸eyaá¹ sa-vÄmanam
vÄrÄhaá¹ mÄtsyaá¹ kaurmaá¹ ca
brahmÄṇá¸Äkhyam iti tri-á¹£aá¹
brÄhmam - the BrahmÄ PurÄṇa; pÄdmam - the Padma PurÄṇa; vaiṣṇavam - the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa; ca - and; Å›aivam - the Åšiva PurÄṇa; laiá¹…gam - the Liá¹…ga PurÄṇa; sa-gÄruá¸am - along with the Garuá¸a PurÄṇa; nÄradÄ«yam - the NÄrada PurÄṇa; bhÄgavatam - the BhÄgavata PurÄṇa; Ägneyam - the Agni PurÄṇa; skÄnda - the Skanda PurÄṇa; saá¹jñitam - known as; bhaviá¹£yam - the Bhaviá¹£ya PurÄṇa; brahma-vaivartam - the Brahma-vaivarta PurÄṇa; mÄrkaṇá¸eyam - the MÄrkaṇá¸eya PurÄṇa; sa-vÄmanam - together with the VÄmana PurÄṇa; vÄrÄham - the VarÄha PurÄṇa; mÄtsyam - the Matsya PurÄṇa; kaurmam - the KÅ«rma PurÄṇa; ca - and; brahmÄṇá¸a-Äkhyam - known as the BrahmÄṇá¸a PurÄṇa; iti - thus; tri-á¹£aá¹ - three times six.
The eighteen major PurÄṇas are the Brahma, Padma, Viṣṇu, Åšiva, Liá¹…ga, Garuá¸a, NÄrada, BhÄgavata, Agni, Skanda, Bhaviá¹£ya, Brahma-vaivarta, MÄrkaṇá¸eya, VÄmana, VarÄha, Matsya, KÅ«rma and BrahmÄṇá¸a PurÄṇas.
ÅšrÄ«la JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ« has quoted from the VarÄha PurÄṇa, Åšiva PurÄṇa and Matsya PurÄṇa in confirmation of the above two verses.
