🪷 ŚB 12.13.17

standalone verse · received passage 17 · Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, translation

Sanskrit

क्षेत्राणां चैव सर्वेषां यथा काशी ह्यनुत्तमा । तथा पुराणव्रातानां श्रीमद्भ‍ागवतं द्विजा: ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

kṣetrāṇāṁ caiva sarveṣāṁ yathā kāśī hy anuttamā tathā purāṇa-vrātānāṁ śrīmad-bhāgavataṁ 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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