महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-274, verse-16

गङ्गा च सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वतीर्थजलोद्भवा ।
पर्युपासत तं देवं रूपिणी कुरुनन्दन ॥१६॥

16. gaṅgā ca saritāṁ śreṣṭhā sarvatīrthajalodbhavā ,
paryupāsata taṁ devaṁ rūpiṇī kurunandana.

16. gaṅgā ca saritām śreṣṭhā sarvatīrthajalodbhavā
paryupāsata tam devam rūpiṇī kurunandana

16. ca kurunandana gaṅgā saritām śreṣṭhā
sarvatīrthajalodbhavā rūpiṇī tam devam paryupāsata

16. And Ganga, the best of rivers, O joy of the Kurus, originating from the waters of all holy places, worshipped that god in her personified form.

Words meanings summery:

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Ganga (the river goddess)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, preeminent

• सर्वतीर्थजलोद्भवा (sarvatīrthajalodbhavā) - originating from the waters of all holy places

• पर्युपासत (paryupāsata) - worshipped, attended, served

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• देवम् (devam) - god, deity

• रूपिणी (rūpiṇī) - in personified form, embodied, having a form

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O joy of the Kurus (a Kuru prince, such as Arjuna or Yudhishthira)

Words meanings and morphology

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Ganga (the river goddess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - Ganga, the river Ganges, a celestial river

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, preeminent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme

Superlative degree of praśasta (excellent)

सर्वतीर्थजलोद्भवा (sarvatīrthajalodbhavā) - originating from the waters of all holy places

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvatīrthajalodbhavā

sarvatīrthajalodbhavā - originating from the waters of all holy places

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+tīrtha+jala+udbhava)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• tīrtha – holy place, sacred ford, pilgrimage site
  noun (neuter)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• udbhava – originating from, arising, born from
  adjective (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, become) with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पर्युपासत (paryupāsata) - worshipped, attended, served

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of paryupās

Compound verb from root ās (to sit, be) with prefixes pari and upa

Prefixes: pari+upa

Root: ās (class 2)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवम् (devam) - god, deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

रूपिणी (rūpiṇī) - in personified form, embodied, having a form

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūpiṇī

rūpiṇī - having a form, embodied, personified

Derived from rūpa (form) with suffix -in

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O joy of the Kurus (a Kuru prince, such as Arjuna or Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - son of Kuru, joy of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, child, delight, joy
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)