vaayu puraaNa

Whether vaayu-puraaNa or s'iva-puraaNa is among the 18 mahaa-puraaNa-s is a moot point. Some opine that the two are the same, while others claim that the former is a part of the latter. Clearly a s'iva-paas'upata work. In four paada-s called prakriya-paada, anuSaMga-paada, upoodghaata-paada and upasaMhaara-paada. Topics covered include geography, manvaMtara-s, gaya and other places of pilgrimage, geneologies of kings and sages, s'raaddha and music.