Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
अष्टादश सुविद्यासु मीमांसातिगरीयसी । ततोपि तर्कशास्त्राणि पुराणं तेभ्य एव च
aṣṭādaśa suvidyāsu mīmāṃsātigarīyasī | tatopi tarkaśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ tebhya eva ca
ในบรรดาวิทยาอันประเสริฐสิบแปดประการ มีมางสาเป็นศาสตร์ที่หนักแน่นยิ่ง; สูงยิ่งกว่านั้นคือคัมภีร์ตรรกะ และสูงกว่านั้นอีกคือปุราณะ
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).