महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-26, verse-37

मरुद्गण उपस्पृश्य पितॄणामाश्रमे शुचिः ।
वैवस्वतस्य तीर्थे च तीर्थभूतो भवेन्नरः ॥३७॥

37. marudgaṇa upaspṛśya pitṝṇāmāśrame śuciḥ ,
vaivasvatasya tīrthe ca tīrthabhūto bhavennaraḥ.

37. marudgaṇaḥ upaspṛśya pitṝṇām āśrame śuciḥ
vaivasvatasya tīrthe ca tīrthabhūtaḥ bhavet naraḥ

37. naraḥ marudgaṇaḥ [yathā] pitṝṇām āśrame upaspṛśya śuciḥ [bhavet]
ca vaivasvatasya tīrthe [upaspṛśya] tīrthabhūtaḥ bhavet

37. A person who, having purified himself by bathing in the hermitage (āśrama) of the ancestors (pitṛ) – just as the host of Maruts (marudgaṇa) do – by bathing in the holy place (tīrtha) of Vaivasvata (Yama), himself becomes a holy place (tīrtha).

Words meanings summery:

• मरुद्गणः (marudgaṇaḥ) - host of celestial beings (Maruts) (host of Maruts)

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having bathed (having touched, having bathed, having performed ablution)

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors (pitṛ) (of the ancestors, of the fathers)

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the sacred abode

• शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

• वैवस्वतस्य (vaivasvatasya) - of Vaivasvata (Yama) (of Vaivasvata, of Yama)

• तीर्थे (tīrthe) - in the holy place, in the sacred bathing place

• च (ca) - and

• तीर्थभूतः (tīrthabhūtaḥ) - becomes a holy place (tīrtha) himself (one who has become a holy place, one who embodies a holy place)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may become, should become)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

Words meanings and morphology

मरुद्गणः (marudgaṇaḥ) - host of celestial beings (Maruts) (host of Maruts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of marudgaṇa

marudgaṇa - host of Maruts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (marut+gaṇa)

• marut – Marut (a class of storm deities), wind
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – host, group, multitude
  noun (masculine)

Note: The devanagari has marudgaṇa, without visarga, likely for metrical reasons or as a compound part if it was a larger compound, but context suggests it is nominative singular.

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having bathed (having touched, having bathed, having performed ablution)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from upa-spṛś, suffix -ya (after upasarga)

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Expresses a preceding action.

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors (pitṛ) (of the ancestors, of the fathers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the sacred abode

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, sacred abode, stage of life

Root: śram

शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, bright

Root: śuc

Note: agrees with naraḥ

वैवस्वतस्य (vaivasvatasya) - of Vaivasvata (Yama) (of Vaivasvata, of Yama)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - son of Vivasvat (especially Yama), relating to Vivasvat

descendant of Vivasvat

तीर्थे (tīrthe) - in the holy place, in the sacred bathing place

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - holy place, sacred bathing place, ford

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तीर्थभूतः (tīrthabhūtaḥ) - becomes a holy place (tīrtha) himself (one who has become a holy place, one who embodies a holy place)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīrthabhūta

tīrthabhūta - become a tīrtha, like a tīrtha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tīrtha+bhūta)

• tīrtha – holy place, sacred bathing place, ford
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, having become, being
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with naraḥ

भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may become, should become)

(verb)

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

Optative Active

from root bhū, 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ