महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-76

एष चैव श्मशानेषु देवो वसति नित्यशः ।
यजन्त्येनं जनास्तत्र वीरस्थान इतीश्वरम् ॥७६॥

76. eṣa caiva śmaśāneṣu devo vasati nityaśaḥ ,
yajantyenaṁ janāstatra vīrasthāna itīśvaram.

76. eṣaḥ ca eva śmaśāneṣu devaḥ vasati nityaśaḥ
yajanti enam janāḥ tatra vīrasthāna iti īśvaram

76. eṣaḥ devaḥ ca eva śmaśāneṣu nityaśaḥ vasati
janāḥ enam tatra vīrasthāna iti īśvaram yajanti

76. Indeed, this deity constantly dwells in cremation grounds. People worship him there as the Lord (īśvara) in what they call places of heroes.

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• श्मशानेषु (śmaśāneṣu) - in cremation grounds

• देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

• वसति (vasati) - dwells, resides, lives

• नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly, always, perpetually

• यजन्ति (yajanti) - they worship, they sacrifice

• एनम् (enam) - him (anaphoric)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वीरस्थान (vīrasthāna) - a cremation ground, seen as a place for ascetic practices of heroes (vīra) (place of heroes, heroic ground)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - the Lord, the controller, the master

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

श्मशानेषु (śmaśāneṣu) - in cremation grounds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery

देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

वसति (vasati) - dwells, resides, lives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

यजन्ति (yajanti) - they worship, they sacrifice

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

एनम् (enam) - him (anaphoric)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (anaphoric pronoun, referring to a previously mentioned entity)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

वीरस्थान (vīrasthāna) - a cremation ground, seen as a place for ascetic practices of heroes (vīra) (place of heroes, heroic ground)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vīrasthāna

vīrasthāna - place of heroes, heroic spot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+sthāna)

• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• sthāna – place, position, spot, abode
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here as an epithet or a descriptive accusative in the 'iti' construction, describing the Lord or the nature of the place.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - the Lord, the controller, the master

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - Lord, master, ruler, controller, supreme being (īśvara)

Root: īś (class 2)