Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.13.17

kṣetrāṇāḿ caiva sarveṣāḿ

yathā kāśī hy anuttamā

tathā purāṇa-vrātānāḿ

śrīmad-bhāgavataḿ dvijāḥ

SYNONYMS

kṣetrāṇām — of holy places; ca — and; eva — indeed; sarveṣām — of all; yathā — as; kāśī — Benares; hi — indeed; anuttamā — unexcelled; tathā — thus; purāṇa-vrātānām — of all the Purāṇas; śrīmat-bhāgavatam — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; dvijāḥ — O brāhmaṇas.

TRANSLATION

O brāhmaṇas, in the same way that the city of Kāśī is unexcelled among holy places, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is supreme among all the Purāṇas.

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