महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-20, verse-12

महादेवः सर्वमेधे महात्मा हुत्वात्मानं देवदेवो विभूतः ।
विश्वाँल्लोकान्व्याप्य विष्टभ्य कीर्त्या विरोचते द्युतिमान्कृत्तिवासाः ॥१२॥

12. mahādevaḥ sarvamedhe mahātmā; hutvātmānaṁ devadevo vibhūtaḥ ,
viśvāँllokānvyāpya viṣṭabhya kīrtyā; virocate dyutimānkṛttivāsāḥ.

12. mahādevaḥ sarvamedhe mahātmā
hutvā ātmānaṃ devadevaḥ vibhūtaḥ
viśvān lokān vyāpya viṣṭabhya
kīrtyā virocate dyutimān kṛttivāsāḥ

12. mahātmā devadevaḥ dyutimān kṛttivāsāḥ mahādevaḥ sarvamedhe
ātmānaṃ hutvā viśvān lokān vyāpya kīrtyā viṣṭabhya virocate

12. The great-souled (mahātmā) Mahadeva, the God of gods (devadevaḥ), radiant and clad in hides (kṛttivāsāḥ), having offered his very self (ātman) in the universal sacrifice (sarvamedha), shines brilliantly, pervading all worlds and sustaining them with his glory.

Words meanings summery:

• महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Lord Shiva (the great god)

• सर्वमेधे (sarvamedhe) - in the *sarvamedha* (a type of great sacrifice) (in the universal sacrifice)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled one (great-souled, noble, a great being)

• हुत्वा (hutvā) - having sacrificed, having offered

• आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - his very self (ātman) (the self, his own self)

• देवदेवः (devadevaḥ) - God of gods, Lord of deities

• विभूतः (vibhūtaḥ) - endowed with great power, manifest (endowed with, powerful, manifest)

• विश्वान् (viśvān) - all, universal

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

• व्याप्य (vyāpya) - having pervaded, having encompassed

• विष्टभ्य (viṣṭabhya) - sustaining them (having supported, having propped up)

• कीर्त्या (kīrtyā) - by fame, by glory

• विरोचते (virocate) - shines forth, appears splendid

• द्युतिमान् (dyutimān) - radiant (adjective for Mahadeva) (radiant, brilliant, glorious)

• कृत्तिवासाः (kṛttivāsāḥ) - clad in hides (an epithet for Shiva, referring to him wearing an elephant or tiger skin) (wearing a skin, clad in hides)

Words meanings and morphology

महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Lord Shiva (the great god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādeva

mahādeva - a great god, Lord Shiva

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+deva)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 1)

सर्वमेधे (sarvamedhe) - in the *sarvamedha* (a type of great sacrifice) (in the universal sacrifice)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarvamedha

sarvamedha - a sacrifice of everything, a universal sacrifice

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+medha)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun
• medha – sacrifice, offering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: midh (class 4)

महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled one (great-souled, noble, a great being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble person, the Supreme Spirit

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the Supreme Soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

हुत्वा (hutvā) - having sacrificed, having offered

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root hu + tvā

Root: hu (class 3)

आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - his very self (ātman) (the self, his own self)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the Supreme Soul

Root: an (class 2)

देवदेवः (devadevaḥ) - God of gods, Lord of deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devadeva

devadeva - god of gods, supreme deity

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+deva)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 1)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 1)

विभूतः (vibhūtaḥ) - endowed with great power, manifest (endowed with, powerful, manifest)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhūta

vibhūta - manifest, mighty, endowed with, having become

past passive participle

vi + bhū (to be, to become) + kta

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe Mahadeva.

विश्वान् (viśvān) - all, universal

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viśva

viśva - all, whole, universal

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Root: lok (class 1)

व्याप्य (vyāpya) - having pervaded, having encompassed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

vi + āp (to obtain, reach) + ya

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

विष्टभ्य (viṣṭabhya) - sustaining them (having supported, having propped up)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

vi + stambh (to stop, to support) + ya (s changed to ṣ after i)

Prefix: vi

Root: stambh (class 5)

कीर्त्या (kīrtyā) - by fame, by glory

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, glory, renown

Root: kṛt

विरोचते (virocate) - shines forth, appears splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of viruc

Prefix: vi

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Root ruc (to shine) with vi prefix. Atmanepadi.

द्युतिमान् (dyutimān) - radiant (adjective for Mahadeva) (radiant, brilliant, glorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dyutimat

dyutimat - radiant, brilliant, splendid

possessive suffix matup

dyuti (light, splendor) + matup

Note: Refers to Mahadeva.

कृत्तिवासाः (kṛttivāsāḥ) - clad in hides (an epithet for Shiva, referring to him wearing an elephant or tiger skin) (wearing a skin, clad in hides)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛttivāsas

kṛttivāsas - one who wears a skin garment, an epithet of Shiva

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛtti+vāsas)

• kṛtti – skin, hide
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛt (class 6)
• vāsas – garment, clothes
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Epithet of Shiva.