महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-220, verse-1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
यदा स्कन्देन मातॄणामेवमेतत्प्रियं कृतम् ।
अथैनमब्रवीत्स्वाहा मम पुत्रस्त्वमौरसः ॥१॥

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
yadā skandena mātṝṇāmevametatpriyaṁ kṛtam ,
athainamabravītsvāhā mama putrastvamaurasaḥ.

1. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca yadā skandena mātṝṇām evam etat priyam
kṛtam atha enam abravīt svāhā mama putraḥ tvam aurasaḥ

1. Mārkaṇḍeya said: When Skanda had thus performed this pleasing act for the mothers, then Svāhā said to him, "You are my legitimate son."

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• स्कन्देन (skandena) - by Skanda (a deity)

• मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of the mothers

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - a pleasing act/favor (pleasing, dear, beloved (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• एनम् (enam) - him (masculine accusative singular)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• स्वाहा (svāhā) - Svāhā (wife of Agni)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative singular)

• औरसः (aurasaḥ) - legitimate son, born from the breast/womb

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - son of Mṛkaṇḍu, a sage mentioned in the Purāṇas

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

स्कन्देन (skandena) - by Skanda (a deity)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda, Kārtikeya, god of war, a general of the gods

Root: skand (class 1)

मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of the mothers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

प्रियम् (priyam) - a pleasing act/favor (pleasing, dear, beloved (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, pleasing, beloved, favorite

Root: prī (class 9)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Particple

derived from kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enam

enam - him, this (masculine accusative singular)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

स्वाहा (svāhā) - Svāhā (wife of Agni)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svāhā

svāhā - Svāhā, a goddess, wife of Agni, exclamation made at oblations

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Root: put

त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

औरसः (aurasaḥ) - legitimate son, born from the breast/womb

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aurasa

aurasa - legitimate son, born of the body/womb

derived from uras ('breast, chest, womb')