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Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration
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SB 12.13: The Glories of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
SB 12.13.17
kṣetrāṇāṁ caiva sarveṣāṁ
yathā kāśī hy anuttamā
tathā purāṇa-vrātānāṁ
śrīmad-bhāgavataṁ dvijāḥ
Word for word:
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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