महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-125

पुण्यमाहुः कुरुक्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रात्सरस्वतीम् ।
सरस्वत्याश्च तीर्थानि तीर्थेभ्यश्च पृथूदकम् ॥१२५॥

125. puṇyamāhuḥ kurukṣetraṁ kurukṣetrātsarasvatīm ,
sarasvatyāśca tīrthāni tīrthebhyaśca pṛthūdakam.

125. puṇyam āhuḥ kurukṣetram kurukṣetrāt sarasvatīm
sarasvatyāḥ ca tīrthāni tīrthebhyaḥ ca pṛthūdakam

125. They declare Kurukṣetra to be sacred. More sacred than Kurukṣetra is the Sarasvatī river, and holier than the Sarasvatī are her sacred bathing places (tīrtha). Holier still than these sacred bathing places (tīrtha) is Pṛthūdaka.

Words meanings summery:

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, holy (sacred, holy, virtuous, merit)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

• कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - Kurukṣetra (a specific sacred place) (Kurukṣetra (a sacred plain))

• कुरुक्षेत्रात् (kurukṣetrāt) - compared to Kurukṣetra (ablative of comparison) (from Kurukṣetra)

• सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvatī river (Sarasvatī (river/goddess))

• सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ) - compared to Sarasvatī (ablative of comparison) (of Sarasvatī, from Sarasvatī)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred bathing places (tīrtha) (sacred bathing places, fords, holy places)

• तीर्थेभ्यः (tīrthebhyaḥ) - compared to these sacred bathing places (tīrtha) (from the tīrthas)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पृथूदकम् (pṛthūdakam) - Pṛthūdaka (a specific sacred place, superior to others mentioned) (Pṛthūdaka (a specific sacred place))

Words meanings and morphology

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, holy (sacred, holy, virtuous, merit)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, sacred, holy, virtuous; merit, virtue

Note: Predicate adjective for Kurukṣetra.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of brū

From root brū (II A), 2nd class verb. Irregular perfect form.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Often used in a gnomic sense to mean 'it is said' or 'they say'.

कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - Kurukṣetra (a specific sacred place) (Kurukṣetra (a sacred plain))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kurukṣetra

kurukṣetra - Kurukṣetra (field of the Kurus), a holy plain

Note: Object of 'āhuḥ'.

कुरुक्षेत्रात् (kurukṣetrāt) - compared to Kurukṣetra (ablative of comparison) (from Kurukṣetra)

(proper noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kurukṣetra

kurukṣetra - Kurukṣetra (field of the Kurus), a holy plain

Note: Used in comparison, indicating 'holier than Kurukṣetra'.

सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvatī river (Sarasvatī (river/goddess))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (name of a sacred river and a goddess of knowledge)

Note: Object implied by 'āhuḥ' (understood 'to be').

सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ) - compared to Sarasvatī (ablative of comparison) (of Sarasvatī, from Sarasvatī)

(proper noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (name of a sacred river and a goddess of knowledge)

Note: Used in comparison, indicating 'holier than Sarasvatī'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred bathing places (tīrtha) (sacred bathing places, fords, holy places)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - sacred bathing place, ford, holy place, shrine

Note: Object implied by 'āhuḥ' or similar verb.

तीर्थेभ्यः (tīrthebhyaḥ) - compared to these sacred bathing places (tīrtha) (from the tīrthas)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - sacred bathing place, ford, holy place, shrine

Note: Used in comparison, indicating 'holier than the tīrthas'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पृथूदकम् (pṛthūdakam) - Pṛthūdaka (a specific sacred place, superior to others mentioned) (Pṛthūdaka (a specific sacred place))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛthūdaka

pṛthūdaka - Pṛthūdaka (name of a sacred bathing place)

Note: Object implied.