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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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