महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-146, verse-16

विग्रहं पूजयेद्यो वै लिङ्गं वापि महात्मनः ।
लिङ्गं पूजयिता नित्यं महतीं श्रियमश्नुते ॥१६॥

16. vigrahaṁ pūjayedyo vai liṅgaṁ vāpi mahātmanaḥ ,
liṅgaṁ pūjayitā nityaṁ mahatīṁ śriyamaśnute.

16. vigraham pūjayet yaḥ vai liṅgam vā api mahātmanaḥ
liṅgam pūjayitā nityam mahatīm śriyam aśnute

16. yaḥ vai mahātmanaḥ vigraham vā api liṅgam pūjayet
liṅgam pūjayitā nityam mahatīm śriyam aśnute

16. Indeed, whoever worships the image or the emblem (liṅga) of the great soul (Mahātman), that worshipper of the emblem (liṅga) always attains great prosperity.

Words meanings summery:

• विग्रहम् (vigraham) - the image, the body, the form

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - he should worship, one should worship

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - Śiva's emblem (the emblem, the sign)

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of Mahātman (Śiva) (of the great soul, of the magnanimous one)

• लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - Śiva's emblem (the emblem, the sign)

• पूजयिता (pūjayitā) - the worshipper

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, abundant

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - he attains, he obtains

Words meanings and morphology

विग्रहम् (vigraham) - the image, the body, the form

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vigraha

vigraha - body, form, image, statue, contention

vi- + √grah

Prefix: vi

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Object of "pūjayet".

पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - he should worship, one should worship

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pūjay

denominative verb from pūjā

Denominative verb from pūjā (worship), 10th class.

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: The subject is "yaḥ".

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Subject of "pūjayet".

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - Śiva's emblem (the emblem, the sign)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of liṅga

liṅga - sign, mark, emblem, gender, phallus (specifically Śiva's liṅga)

Note: Object of "pūjayet".

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects "vigraham" and "liṅgam".

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or inclusive particle.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of Mahātman (Śiva) (of the great soul, of the magnanimous one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble, magnanimous, a great being

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies "liṅgam" and "vigraham". Refers to Śiva.

लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - Śiva's emblem (the emblem, the sign)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of liṅga

liṅga - sign, mark, emblem, gender, phallus (specifically Śiva's liṅga)

Note: Object of "pūjayitā" (implicit).

पूजयिता (pūjayitā) - the worshipper

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjayitṛ

pūjayitṛ - worshipper, reverer

Agent noun (kartṛ)

Derived from √pūj (to worship) + tṛc suffix.

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Subject of "aśnute".

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of accusative neuter singular. Modifies "aśnute".

महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, abundant

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahatī

mahatī - great, large, mighty (feminine form of mahat)

Note: Agrees with "śriyam".

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

Note: Object of "aśnute".

अश्नुते (aśnute) - he attains, he obtains

(verb)

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

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: The subject is "pūjayitā".