महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-39

स्थाण्वश्मकण्टकवतीं व्याघ्रसिंहगजाकुलाम् ।
दुरासदां दुष्प्रवेशां गुहां हैमवतीमिव ॥३९॥

39. sthāṇvaśmakaṇṭakavatīṁ vyāghrasiṁhagajākulām ,
durāsadāṁ duṣpraveśāṁ guhāṁ haimavatīmiva.

39. sthāṇvaśmakaṇṭakavatīṃ vyāghrasiṃhagajākulām
durāsadāṃ duṣpraveśāṃ guhām haimavatīm iva

39. durāsadāṃ duṣpraveśāṃ sthāṇvaśmakaṇṭakavatīṃ
vyāghrasiṃhagajākulāṃ haimavatīṃ guhām iva

39. (It is) like a cave in the Himālayas that is hard to approach, difficult to enter, filled with tree trunks, stones, and thorns, and crowded with tigers, lions, and elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थाण्वश्मकण्टकवतीम् (sthāṇvaśmakaṇṭakavatīm) - abounding in tree trunks, stones, and thorns

• व्याघ्रसिंहगजाकुलाम् (vyāghrasiṁhagajākulām) - thronged with tigers, lions, and elephants

• दुरासदाम् (durāsadām) - hard to approach, difficult to access

• दुष्प्रवेशाम् (duṣpraveśām) - difficult to enter

• गुहाम् (guhām) - cave, cavern, hiding place

• हैमवतीम् (haimavatīm) - located in the Himālayas (belonging to Himālaya, snowy)

• इव (iva) - like, as

Words meanings and morphology

स्थाण्वश्मकण्टकवतीम् (sthāṇvaśmakaṇṭakavatīm) - abounding in tree trunks, stones, and thorns

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthāṇvaśmakaṇṭakavat

sthāṇvaśmakaṇṭakavat - possessing tree trunks, stones, and thorns

Compound of sthāṇu, aśma, and kaṇṭaka with suffix vat

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sthāṇu+aśmakaṇṭaka)

• sthāṇu – tree trunk, post
  noun (masculine)
• aśmakaṇṭaka – stone and thorn
  noun (masculine)
  dvandva compound

व्याघ्रसिंहगजाकुलाम् (vyāghrasiṁhagajākulām) - thronged with tigers, lions, and elephants

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyāghrasiṃhagajākula

vyāghrasiṁhagajākula - crowded with tigers, lions, and elephants

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyāghrasiṃhagaja+ākula)

• vyāghrasiṃhagaja – tiger, lion, and elephant
  noun (masculine)
  dvandva compound
• ākula – filled with, crowded
  adjective (masculine)

दुरासदाम् (durāsadām) - hard to approach, difficult to access

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of durāsada

durāsada - hard to approach, unapproachable

dus + āsada

Prefix: dus

Root: āsad

दुष्प्रवेशाम् (duṣpraveśām) - difficult to enter

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duṣpraveśa

duṣpraveśa - hard to enter

dus + praveśa

Prefixes: dus+pra

Root: viś (class 6)

गुहाम् (guhām) - cave, cavern, hiding place

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of guhā

guhā - cave, secret place

हैमवतीम् (haimavatīm) - located in the Himālayas (belonging to Himālaya, snowy)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of haimavatī

haimavatī - situated in the Himālayas

From himavant

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

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