क्षेत्राणां चैव सर्वेषां यथा काशी ह्यनुत्तमा । तथा पुराणव्रातानां श्रीमद्भागवतं द्विजा: ॥ १७ ॥
kṣetrāṇāṁ caiva sarveṣāṁ yathā kāśī hy anuttamā tathā purāṇa-vrātānāṁ śrīmad-bhāgavataṁ dvijāḥ
- 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.
O brāhmaṇas, in the same way that the city of Kāśī is unexcelled among holy places, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is supreme among all the Purāṇas.