महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-13

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्वा स्वयम्भुवे ।
पुरुषाय पुराणाय शाश्वतायाव्ययाय च ॥१३॥

13. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi namaskṛtvā svayambhuve ,
puruṣāya purāṇāya śāśvatāyāvyayāya ca.

13. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi namaskṛtvā
svayambhuve puruṣāya purāṇāya śāśvatāya avyayāya ca

13. Mārkaṇḍeya said: "Indeed, I will tell you, after first bowing to the Self-existent One, the ancient (purāṇa) cosmic person (puruṣa), the eternal, and the imperishable."

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हन्त (hanta) - indicates an auspicious beginning for narration (indeed, alas, oh)

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will narrate

• नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed, having offered obeisance

• स्वयम्भुवे (svayambhuve) - referring to the Supreme Being or Brahma, who is not created but self-existent (to the self-existent, to the self-manifested)

• पुरुषाय (puruṣāya) - to the Supreme Cosmic Person (puruṣa) (to the man, to the male, to the cosmic person)

• पुराणाय (purāṇāya) - to the ancient one, referring to the Supreme Being's timeless existence (to the ancient, to the old)

• शाश्वताय (śāśvatāya) - to the eternal, to the perpetual

• अव्ययाय (avyayāya) - to the imperishable, to the immutable

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form.

हन्त (hanta) - indicates an auspicious beginning for narration (indeed, alas, oh)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of the 2nd person pronoun.

कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kath

Future Active

1st person singular future active of √kath (causative stem kathay-)

Root: kath (class 10)

नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed, having offered obeisance

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from namas + √kṛ

Compound type : avyayībhāva (namas+kṛ)

• namas – bow, reverence, homage
  indeclinable (neuter)
• kṛ – to do, make
  verb
  root
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Formed with the suffix -ktvā.

स्वयम्भुवे (svayambhuve) - referring to the Supreme Being or Brahma, who is not created but self-existent (to the self-existent, to the self-manifested)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-existent, self-manifested, Brahma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – self, by oneself
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, existence; to become, be
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Adjective used as a substantive.

पुरुषाय (puruṣāya) - to the Supreme Cosmic Person (puruṣa) (to the man, to the male, to the cosmic person)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, cosmic person (puruṣa), spirit

पुराणाय (purāṇāya) - to the ancient one, referring to the Supreme Being's timeless existence (to the ancient, to the old)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old; a class of sacred texts

शाश्वताय (śāśvatāya) - to the eternal, to the perpetual

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant

अव्ययाय (avyayāya) - to the imperishable, to the immutable

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, immutable; an indeclinable word

Negative prefix a- + vyaya ('expenditure, decay')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vyaya – expenditure, decay, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From vi- + √i (to go)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)