Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
अष्टादश सुविद्यासु मीमांसातिगरीयसी । ततोपि तर्कशास्त्राणि पुराणं तेभ्य एव च
aṣṭādaśa suvidyāsu mīmāṃsātigarīyasī | tatopi tarkaśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ tebhya eva ca
十八の尊き学芸のうち、ミーマーンサー（Mīmāṃsā）が最も重く尊い。さらにその上に論理の諸論書があり、それらよりもなお高きはプラーナ（Purāṇa）である。
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī as Vidyā-kṣetra (learning sanctity)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A scholarly assembly in Kāśī: palm-leaf manuscripts of the eighteen vidyās stacked; Mīmāṃsā and tarka texts placed below a larger illuminated Purāṇa manuscript; a teacher gestures toward the Purāṇa as the crown of learning.
FAQs
Learning is valued, yet Purāṇic revelation is presented as especially potent for dharma because it unites doctrine with lived sacred practice.
The broader discourse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa, where scriptural praise supports the lived pilgrimage-culture of Kāśī.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it establishes a scriptural hierarchy supporting later prescriptions (e.g., Gāyatrī upāsanā).