महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-214, verse-37

पर्वताश्च नमस्कृत्य तमेव पृथिवीं गताः ।
अथायमभजल्लोकः स्कन्दं शुक्लस्य पञ्चमीम् ॥३७॥

37. parvatāśca namaskṛtya tameva pṛthivīṁ gatāḥ ,
athāyamabhajallokaḥ skandaṁ śuklasya pañcamīm.

37. parvatāḥ ca namaskṛtya tam eva pṛthivīm gatāḥ
atha ayam abhajat lokaḥ skandam śuklasya pañcamīm

37. And the mountains, having paid homage, returned to the earth. Then, the people (or 'this world') began to worship Skanda on the fifth day of the bright (lunar) fortnight.

Words meanings summery:

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

• च (ca) - and, also

• नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed, having paid homage, having saluted

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, world

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, having gone, reached

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• अभजत् (abhajat) - worshiped, served, resorted to

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, people, community

• स्कन्दम् (skandam) - Skanda, Kartikeya

• शुक्लस्य (śuklasya) - of the bright (fortnight)

• पञ्चमीम् (pañcamīm) - fifth (day)

Words meanings and morphology

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed, having paid homage, having saluted

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Derived from namas-√kṛ (to do obeisance, to salute)

Prefix: namas

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

Note: Refers to Skanda from the previous verse.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, world

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world, land

Note: The earth that was distressed in the previous verse.

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, having gone, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Here used with an active sense, 'went (to)'.

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a new topic or sequence.

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, it

Note: Refers to 'lokaḥ'.

अभजत् (abhajat) - worshiped, served, resorted to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhaj

Imperfect tense

3rd person singular imperfect of √bhaj (to share, to worship)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: The prefix 'a' is an augment for imperfect tense.

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, people, community

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm, community

Note: Subject of `abhajat`.

स्कन्दम् (skandam) - Skanda, Kartikeya

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda, Kartikeya (god of war)

Note: Object of `abhajat`.

शुक्लस्य (śuklasya) - of the bright (fortnight)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śukla

śukla - white, bright, clear, pure

Note: Implies `śukla-pakṣasya` (of the bright fortnight).

पञ्चमीम् (pañcamīm) - fifth (day)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pañcamī

pañcamī - fifth, the fifth day (of a lunar fortnight)

Note: Refers to the fifth tithi (lunar day).