महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-146, verse-10

दहत्यूर्ध्वं स्थितो यच्च प्राणोत्पत्तिः स्थितिश्च यत् ।
स्थिरलिङ्गश्च यन्नित्यं तस्मात्स्थाणुरिति स्मृतः ॥१०॥

10. dahatyūrdhvaṁ sthito yacca prāṇotpattiḥ sthitiśca yat ,
sthiraliṅgaśca yannityaṁ tasmātsthāṇuriti smṛtaḥ.

10. dahati ūrdhvam sthitaḥ yat ca prāṇotpattiḥ sthitiḥ ca
yat sthiraliṅgaḥ ca yat nityam tasmāt sthāṇuḥ iti smṛtaḥ

10. yat dahati ūrdhvam ca sthitaḥ,
yat ca prāṇotpattiḥ ca sthitiḥ,
yat ca sthiraliṅgaḥ nityam,
tasmāt sthāṇuḥ iti smṛtaḥ.

10. And because he burns upwards, and because he is situated, and because the origin and sustenance of life (prāṇa) are from him, and because his emblem (liṅga) is eternally fixed, he is therefore called Sthāṇu.

Words meanings summery:

• दहति (dahati) - burns (burns, consumes)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards (upwards, above, aloft)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated (situated, standing, abiding, fixed)

• यत् (yat) - because (which, because, that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्राणोत्पत्तिः (prāṇotpattiḥ) - origin of life (prāṇa) (origin of life, production of breath)

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - sustenance (existence, stability, sustenance, position)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत् (yat) - because (which, because, that)

• स्थिर-लिङ्गः (sthira-liṅgaḥ) - one whose emblem (liṅga) is fixed (one whose emblem (liṅga) is firm/fixed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत् (yat) - because (which, because, that)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally (always, constantly, perpetually)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - Sthāṇu (Sthāṇu (a name of Shiva), a post, a pillar, immobile)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (introducing the name) (thus, so, a particle used to indicate quotation or designation)

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is called, remembered (remembered, called, considered)

Words meanings and morphology

दहति (dahati) - burns (burns, consumes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √dah

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: √dah (class 1)

Note: Refers to Shiva's destructive aspect.

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards (upwards, above, aloft)

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of ūrdhva acting as an adverb.

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated (situated, standing, abiding, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, fixed, stable

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand, be, exist) + suffix kta (ta).

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively.

यत् (yat) - because (which, because, that)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

प्राणोत्पत्तिः (prāṇotpattiḥ) - origin of life (prāṇa) (origin of life, production of breath)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāṇotpatti

prāṇotpatti - origin of breath/life, production of vital air

Compound of prāṇa (life, breath) and utpatti (origin).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+utpatti)

• prāṇa – breath, vital air, life (prāṇa)
  noun (masculine)
• utpatti – origin, production, birth
  noun (feminine)
  From ud-√pad (to arise).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: √pad (class 4)

Note: Subject of an implied 'is'.

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - sustenance (existence, stability, sustenance, position)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, existence, stability, sustenance, position

From root √sthā (to stand).

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of an implied 'is'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

यत् (yat) - because (which, because, that)

(indeclinable)

स्थिर-लिङ्गः (sthira-liṅgaḥ) - one whose emblem (liṅga) is fixed (one whose emblem (liṅga) is firm/fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthira-liṅga

sthira-liṅga - having a firm or stable emblem/mark

Bahuvrīhi compound of sthira (firm) and liṅga (emblem).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthira+liṅga)

• sthira – firm, stable, fixed, constant
  adjective (masculine)
• liṅga – mark, sign, emblem, gender, Shiva's phallic emblem (liṅga)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'he'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

यत् (yat) - because (which, because, that)

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of nitya acting as an adverb.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular masculine/neuter of tad, used adverbially.

स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - Sthāṇu (Sthāṇu (a name of Shiva), a post, a pillar, immobile)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthāṇu

sthāṇu - a post, pillar, trunk of a tree; immobile, fixed; a name of Shiva

From root √sthā (to stand) + suffix ṇu.

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

इति (iti) - thus, so (introducing the name) (thus, so, a particle used to indicate quotation or designation)

(indeclinable)

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is called, remembered (remembered, called, considered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, called, considered, known

Past Passive Participle

From root √smṛ (to remember) + suffix kta (ta).

Root: √smṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Sthāṇu.