महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-202, verse-24

निवृत्तकृषिगोरक्षा विध्वस्तनगराश्रमा ।
अस्थिकङ्कालसंकीर्णा भूर्बभूवोग्रदर्शना ॥२४॥

24. nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣā vidhvastanagarāśramā ,
asthikaṅkālasaṁkīrṇā bhūrbabhūvogradarśanā.

24. nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣā vidhvastanagarāśramā
asthikaṅkālasaṃkīrṇā bhūḥ babhūva ugradarśanā

24. Agriculture and cow protection had ceased, cities and hermitages (āśrama) were ruined. The earth became strewn with bones and skeletons, presenting a terrifying sight.

Words meanings summery:

• निवृत्तकृषिगोरक्षा (nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣā) - the earth, for which agriculture and cow protection had ceased (one for whom agriculture and cow protection have ceased)

• विध्वस्तनगराश्रमा (vidhvastanagarāśramā) - the earth, where cities and hermitages (āśrama) were destroyed (one for whom cities and hermitages are destroyed)

• अस्थिकङ्कालसंकीर्णा (asthikaṅkālasaṁkīrṇā) - the earth, strewn with bones and skeletons (strewn with bones and skeletons)

• भूः (bhūḥ) - earth

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, came to be

• उग्रदर्शना (ugradarśanā) - the earth, dreadful in appearance (frightful to behold, dreadful in appearance)

Words meanings and morphology

निवृत्तकृषिगोरक्षा (nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣā) - the earth, for which agriculture and cow protection had ceased (one for whom agriculture and cow protection have ceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣa

nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣa - that on which agriculture (kṛṣi) and cow protection (gorakṣā) have ceased (nivṛtta)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nivṛtta+kṛṣi+gorakṣā)

• nivṛtta – ceased, stopped, abandoned, turned back
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root vṛt with upasarga ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• kṛṣi – agriculture, cultivation, plowing
  noun (feminine)
• gorakṣā – cow protection, cattle rearing
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'bhūḥ' (earth)

विध्वस्तनगराश्रमा (vidhvastanagarāśramā) - the earth, where cities and hermitages (āśrama) were destroyed (one for whom cities and hermitages are destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhvastanagarāśrama

vidhvastanagarāśrama - that on which cities (nagara) and hermitages (āśrama) have been destroyed (vidhvasta)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidhvasta+nagara+āśrama)

• vidhvasta – destroyed, ruined, annihilated
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root dhvaṃs with upasarga vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• āśrama – hermitage, monastery, sacred dwelling (āśrama)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'bhūḥ' (earth)

अस्थिकङ्कालसंकीर्णा (asthikaṅkālasaṁkīrṇā) - the earth, strewn with bones and skeletons (strewn with bones and skeletons)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asthikaṅkālasaṃkīrṇa

asthikaṅkālasaṁkīrṇa - strewn (saṃkīrṇa) with bones (asthi) and skeletons (kaṅkāla)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asthi+kaṅkāla+saṃkīrṇa)

• asthi – bone, skeleton
  noun (neuter)
• kaṅkāla – skeleton, frame, bony remnant
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkīrṇa – strewn, scattered, mixed, defiled
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root kīr with upasarga sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kīr (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'bhūḥ' (earth)

भूः (bhūḥ) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land, world

बभूव (babhūva) - became, came to be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

उग्रदर्शना (ugradarśanā) - the earth, dreadful in appearance (frightful to behold, dreadful in appearance)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ugradarśana

ugradarśana - having a dreadful (ugra) appearance (darśana)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ugra+darśana)

• ugra – dreadful, formidable, fierce, cruel
  adjective (masculine)
• darśana – sight, appearance, vision, seeing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'bhūḥ' (earth)