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.


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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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