Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
अष्टादश सुविद्यासु मीमांसातिगरीयसी । ततोपि तर्कशास्त्राणि पुराणं तेभ्य एव च
aṣṭādaśa suvidyāsu mīmāṃsātigarīyasī | tatopi tarkaśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ tebhya eva ca
在十八种高贵学科中，弥曼萨（Mīmāṃsā）最为深重；更高的是诸理则论典，而高于它们的则是《往世书》（Purāṇa）。
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).