महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-124, verse-17

ततः शुक्लाम्बरधरः शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतवान् ।
शुक्लकेशः सितश्मश्रुः शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः ॥१७॥

17. tataḥ śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuklayajñopavītavān ,
śuklakeśaḥ sitaśmaśruḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ.

17. tataḥ śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuklayajñopavītavān
śuklakeśaḥ sitaśmaśruḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ

17. Then, [he appeared] wearing white garments, adorned with a white sacred thread (yajñopavīta), with white hair and a white beard, and smeared with white garlands and ointments.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, thereafter

• शुक्लाम्बरधरः (śuklāmbaradharaḥ) - wearing white garments

• शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतवान् (śuklayajñopavītavān) - having a white sacred thread (yajñopavīta)

• शुक्लकेशः (śuklakeśaḥ) - with white hair

• सितश्मश्रुः (sitaśmaśruḥ) - with a white beard

• शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः (śuklamālyānulepanaḥ) - smeared with white garlands and ointments (adorned with white garlands and ointments)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, thereafter

(indeclinable)

शुक्लाम्बरधरः (śuklāmbaradharaḥ) - wearing white garments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklāmbaradhara

śuklāmbaradhara - wearing white garments

Compound formed with 'dhara' (holder/wearer) from root 'dhṛ' (to hold/wear)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (śukla+ambara+dhara)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• ambara – garment, clothing, sky
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, wearing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent suffix 'a' from verb 'dhṛ'
  From root 'dhṛ' (to hold, wear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतवान् (śuklayajñopavītavān) - having a white sacred thread (yajñopavīta)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklayajñopavītavat

śuklayajñopavītavat - having a white sacred thread

Compound (Tatpurusha) 'śuklayajñopavīta' + possessive suffix 'vat'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukla+yajñopavīta)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• yajñopavīta – sacred thread worn by upper-caste Hindus (yajña)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: yajña + upavīta

शुक्लकेशः (śuklakeśaḥ) - with white hair

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklakeśa

śuklakeśa - having white hair

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukla+keśa)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• keśa – hair (of the head)
  noun (masculine)

सितश्मश्रुः (sitaśmaśruḥ) - with a white beard

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sitaśmaśru

sitaśmaśru - having a white beard

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sita+śmaśru)

• sita – white, pale, bound, tied
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'si' (to bind) or 'śvit' (to be white)
• śmaśru – beard, mustache
  noun (neuter)

शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः (śuklamālyānulepanaḥ) - smeared with white garlands and ointments (adorned with white garlands and ointments)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklamālyānulepana

śuklamālyānulepana - adorned with white garlands and ointments

Compound (Tatpurusha) 'śukla' + 'mālya' + 'anulepana'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukla+mālya+anulepana)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• mālya – garland, wreath
  noun (neuter)
• anulepana – ointment, unguent, anointing
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root 'lip' (to smear) with prefix 'anu'
  Prefix: anu
  Root: lip (class 6)