महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-16, verse-74

दश नामसहस्राणि वेदेष्वाह पितामहः ।
शर्वस्य शास्त्रेषु तथा दश नामशतानि वै ॥७४॥

74. daśa nāmasahasrāṇi vedeṣvāha pitāmahaḥ ,
śarvasya śāstreṣu tathā daśa nāmaśatāni vai.

74. daśa nāmasahasrāṇi vedeṣu āha pitāmahaḥ
śarvasya śāstreṣu tathā daśa nāmaśatāni vai

74. pitāmahaḥ vedeṣu daśa nāmasahasrāṇi āha
tathā śāstreṣu śarvasya daśa nāmaśatāni vai

74. The Grandsire (Brahmā) declared ten thousand names (of Śiva) in the Vedas. Likewise, there are indeed one thousand names of Śarva (Śiva) mentioned in the scriptures.

Words meanings summery:

• दश (daśa) - ten

• नामसहस्राणि (nāmasahasrāṇi) - thousands of names, ten thousand names

• वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas

• आह (āha) - said, declared

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - Brahmā, the Grandsire (grandfather, great-father, Brahmā (the Grandsire))

• शर्वस्य (śarvasya) - of Śarva (a name of Śiva)

• शास्त्रेषु (śāstreṣu) - in the scriptures, in the treatises

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

• दश (daśa) - ten

• नामशतानि (nāmaśatāni) - hundreds of names, a thousand names (ten hundreds)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

दश (daśa) - ten

(indeclinable)

Cardinal numeral

नामसहस्राणि (nāmasahasrāṇi) - thousands of names, ten thousand names

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nāmasahasra

nāmasahasra - a thousand names

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāman+sahasra)

• nāman – name
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Or accusative plural.

वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge

Derived from √vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

आह (āha) - said, declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Perfect tense form

Irregular perfect tense (lit)

Root: ah

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - Brahmā, the Grandsire (grandfather, great-father, Brahmā (the Grandsire))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, Brahmā

शर्वस्य (śarvasya) - of Śarva (a name of Śiva)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śarva

śarva - name of Śiva, destroyer

From √śṛv 'to injure, kill'

Root: śṛv

शास्त्रेषु (śāstreṣu) - in the scriptures, in the treatises

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śāstra

śāstra - treatise, scripture, rule

From √śās 'to teach, instruct'

Root: śās (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

(indeclinable)

दश (daśa) - ten

(indeclinable)

Cardinal numeral

नामशतानि (nāmaśatāni) - hundreds of names, a thousand names (ten hundreds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nāmaśata

nāmaśata - a hundred names

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāman+śata)

• nāman – name
  noun (neuter)
• śata – a hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Or accusative plural.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle