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
『ブラフマー・プラーナ』は一万頌、『パドマ・プラーナ』は五万五千頌、『シュリー・ヴィシュヌ・プラーナ』は二万三千頌、『シヴァ・プラーナ』は二万四千頌、『シュリーマド・バーガヴァタム』は一万八千頌。『ナーラダ』二万五千頌、『マーラカンデーヤ』九千頌、『アグニ』一万五千四百頌、『バヴィシュヤ』一万四千五百頌、『ブラフマー・ヴァイヴァルタ』一万八千頌、『リンガ』一万一千頌。『ヴァラーハ』二万四千頌、『スカンダ』八万一千百頌、『ヴァーマナ』一万頌、『クールマ』一万七千頌、『マツヤ』一万四千頌、『ガルダ』一万九千頌、『ブラフマाण्डa』一万二千頌。ゆえに諸プラーナの総頌数は四十万、そのうち一万八千頌が麗しき『バーガヴァタム』に属する。
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.