Description of Puranas as per the Devi Bhagavatam

Beginning with Ma – Matsya Purana (14,000 verses) and Markandeya Purana (9,000 verses)

Beginning with Bha – Bhagavatam Purana (18,000 verses) and Bhavishya Purana (14,500 verses)

Beginning Bra – Brahma Purana (10,000 verses), Brahmanda Purana (12,100 verses) and Brahma-Vaivarta purana (18.000 verses)

Beginning with Va – Vaman (10,000 verses) , Vayu (24,600 verses), Vishnu (23,000 verses) and Varaha Puranas

Beginning with A – Agni Purana (16,000 verses)

Beginning with Pa- Padma Purana (55,000 verses)

Beginning with N – Narada Purana (25,000 verses)

Beginning with L – Linga Purana (11,000 verses)

Beginning with Ga – Garuda Puranam (19,000 verses)

Beginning with K – Kurma Purana (17,000 verses)_

Beginning with Ska – Skanda Puranam (81,000 verses)

All the Puranas were composed by Veda Vyasa and the Mahabharata was written after the compilation of these 18 Puranas