Shloka 8
Bhāgavatam Mahimā — The Glory, Measure, Transmission, and Gift of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
ब्राह्मं दशसहस्राणि पाद्मं पञ्चोनषष्टि च । श्रीवैष्णवं त्रयोविंशच्चतुर्विंशति शैवकम् ॥ ४ ॥ दशाष्टौ श्रीभागवतं नारदं पञ्चविंशति । मार्कण्डं नव वाह्नं च दशपञ्च चतु:शतम् ॥ ५ ॥ चतुर्दश भविष्यं स्यात्तथा पञ्चशतानि च । दशाष्टौ ब्रह्मवैवर्तं लैङ्गमेकादशैव तु ॥ ६ ॥ चतुर्विंशति वाराहमेकाशीतिसहस्रकम् । स्कान्दं शतं तथा चैकं वामनं दश कीर्तितम् ॥ ७ ॥ कौर्मं सप्तदशाख्यातं मात्स्यं तत्तु चतुर्दश । एकोनविंशत्सौपर्णं ब्रह्माण्डं द्वादशैव तु ॥ ८ ॥ एवं पुराणसन्दोहश्चतुर्लक्ष उदाहृत: । तत्राष्टदशसाहस्रं श्रीभागवतमिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥
brāhmaṁ daśa sahasrāṇi pādmaṁ pañcona-ṣaṣṭi ca śrī-vaiṣṇavaṁ trayo-viṁśac catur-viṁśati śaivakam
El Brahma Purāṇa consta de 10.000 versos; el Padma Purāṇa, de 55.000; el Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa, de 23.000; el Śiva Purāṇa, de 24.000; y el Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, de 18.000. El Nārada Purāṇa tiene 25.000; el Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, 9.000; el Agni Purāṇa, 15.400; el Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, 14.500; el Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa, 18.000; y el Liṅga Purāṇa, 11.000. El Varāha Purāṇa contiene 24.000; el Skanda Purāṇa, 81.100; el Vāmana Purāṇa, 10.000; el Kūrma Purāṇa, 17.000; el Matsya Purāṇa, 14.000; el Garuḍa Purāṇa, 19.000; y el Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 12.000. Así, el total de versos en todos los Purāṇas es 400.000; y 18.000 pertenecen al Bhāgavatam, bello y sagrado.
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has quoted from the Matsya Purāṇa as follows:
FAQs
This passage states that Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is accepted as having eighteen thousand verses (aṣṭādaśa-sāhasram).
It says the collective body of Purāṇas is described as four hundred thousand verses in total (catur-lakṣa).
It helps a reader recognize Śrīmad Bhāgavatam as a complete, well-defined Purāṇa within the larger Purāṇic corpus, encouraging focused study of its bhakti-centered teachings rather than scattered reading.