Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 62
अमावसुवंशानुकीर्तनम् (Amāvasu-vaṃśānukīrtanam) — Recitation of the Amāvasu Lineage; Dhanvantari’s Origin
Devanagari script
एवं वाराणसी शप्ता ह्यविमुक्तं च कीर्त्तिता / यस्मिन्वसेद्भवो देवः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः
Transliteration
evaṃ vārāṇasī śaptā hyavimuktaṃ ca kīrttitā / yasminvasedbhavo devaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ
Translation
इस प्रकार वाराणसी ‘अविमुक्त’ कहकर प्रसिद्ध की गई; क्योंकि वहीं सर्वदेव-नमस्कृत देव भव (शिव) निवास करते हैं।
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
vārāṇasīVārāṇasī
vārāṇasī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvārāṇasī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; proper noun
śaptācursed (so named/marked)
śaptā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśapta (प्रातिपदिक; √śap + kta)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; kta-participle qualifying vārāṇasī
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
avimuktamAvimukta
avimuktam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roota-vimukta (प्रातिपदिक; vi-√muc + kta with a-)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; as epithet/name
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
kīrttitāis proclaimed/called
kīrttitā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootkīrtita (प्रातिपदिक; √kīrt + kta)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; kta-participle; predicate with vārāṇasī (understood: vārāṇasī ... kīrttitā)
yasminin which
yasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī vibhakti (7th), Ekavacana; relative pronoun ‘in which’
vasetwould dwell
vaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vas (धातु)
FormVidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
bhavaḥBhava (Śiva)
bhavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; epithet of Śiva
devaḥthe god
devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; apposition to bhavaḥ
sarva-deva-namaskṛtaḥworshipped by all the gods
sarva-deva-namaskṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + namaskṛta (प्रातिपदिक; namas-√kṛ + kta)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of bhavaḥ/devaḥ; tatpuruṣa (सर्वैः देवैः नमस्कृतः) with implied instrumental plural in sense