महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-218, verse-44

स्कन्दं चोवाच बलभिदियं कन्या सुरोत्तम ।
अजाते त्वयि निर्दिष्टा तव पत्नी स्वयंभुवा ॥४४॥

44. skandaṁ covāca balabhidiyaṁ kanyā surottama ,
ajāte tvayi nirdiṣṭā tava patnī svayaṁbhuvā.

44. skandam ca uvāca balabhit iyam kanyā surottama
ajāte tvayi nirdiṣṭā tava patnī svayambhuvā

44. And Indra said to Skanda, 'O best among the gods, this maiden was designated by the Self-Existent (Brahmā) as your wife even before your birth.'

Words meanings summery:

• स्कन्दम् (skandam) - Skanda (accusative)

• च (ca) - and, also

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• बलभित् (balabhit) - Indra (breaker of strength)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, girl, virgin

• सुरोत्तम (surottama) - O best of gods

• अजाते (ajāte) - before your birth (not born, unborn (locative singular))

• त्वयि (tvayi) - you (locative, referring to Skanda) (in you, upon you, for you)

• निर्दिष्टा (nirdiṣṭā) - destined, designated (appointed, destined, instructed, designated)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पत्नी (patnī) - wife, mistress

• स्वयम्भुवा (svayambhuvā) - by the Self-Existent one, by Brahmā

Words meanings and morphology

स्कन्दम् (skandam) - Skanda (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda, Kārttikeya (name of the god of war)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Root vac, class 2

Root: vac (class 2)

बलभित् (balabhit) - Indra (breaker of strength)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balabhit

balabhit - Indra (epithet, 'breaker of strength' referring to his defeat of Vṛtra)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bala+bhid)

• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)
• bhid – breaking, splitting, one who breaks
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhid (to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Refers to Indra.

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, girl, virgin

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, virgin

सुरोत्तम (surottama) - O best of gods

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of surottama

surottama - best of gods

Compound type : tatpurusha (sura+uttama)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Calling Skanda the best of gods.

अजाते (ajāte) - before your birth (not born, unborn (locative singular))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ajāta

ajāta - unborn, not born

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative prefix 'a-' + past passive participle of √jan 'to be born'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+jāta)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √jan 'to be born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with `tvayi`.

त्वयि (tvayi) - you (locative, referring to Skanda) (in you, upon you, for you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with `ajāte`.

निर्दिष्टा (nirdiṣṭā) - destined, designated (appointed, destined, instructed, designated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirdiṣṭa

nirdiṣṭa - appointed, destined, instructed, designated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √diś 'to point, show' with upasarga nir-

Prefix: nis

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Adjective modifying `kanyā` and `patnī`.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पत्नी (patnī) - wife, mistress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress

Note: Predicate nominative for `kanyā`.

स्वयम्भुवा (svayambhuvā) - by the Self-Existent one, by Brahmā

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - the self-existent, Brahmā

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – self, oneself
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, becoming, existing
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhū 'to be, become'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent of `nirdiṣṭā`.