पुष्पेषु जाती पुरुषेषु विष्णुर्नारीषु रम्भा नगरीषु काञ्ची ।
नदीषु गंगा नरपेषु रामः काव्येषु माघः कवि कालिदासः ॥ – २१
puShpeShu jaatee puruSheShu viShNurnaareeShu rambhaa nagareeShu kaaNychee
nadeeShu gangaa narapeShu raamah kaavyeShu maaghah kavi kaalidaasah
Jati (jasmine) among flowers, Vishnu among men, Rambha among women, Kanchi among cities, Ganges among rivers, Rama among kings, Magha among poetic compositions and Kalidasa among poets excel the others.
hari om,
namaste!
the word kanchi means the girdle which is worn in the hip which is the middle part of the body. and so in this sloka also kanchi occupies the middle porion.
in yet another sloka
ayodhya mthura maya kashi kanchi avantika|
puri dvaravati chaiva sapteta: mokshadaayika:|
this says the seven places which can give moksha ayodhya, mathura, kashi, kanchi, avantika, puri, dwaraka. of these seven kanchi occupies the middle position again.
dhanyavada:
sapriyam
narayanan