Devanagari
क्षेत्राणां चैव सर्वेषां यथा काशी ह्यनुत्तमा ।
तथा पुराणव्रातानां श्रीमद्भागवतं द्विजा: ॥ १७ ॥
Verse text
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O brāhmaṇas, in the same way that the city of Kāśī is unexcelled among holy places, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is supreme among all the Purāṇas.