महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-38, verse-20

ते श्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य ततस्तीर्थस्य मानद ।
कपालमोचनमिति नाम चक्रुः समागताः ॥२०॥

20. te śrutvā vacanaṁ tasya tatastīrthasya mānada ,
kapālamocanamiti nāma cakruḥ samāgatāḥ.

20. te śrutvā vacanam tasya tataḥ tīrthasya mānada
kapālamocanam iti nāma cakruḥ samāgatāḥ

20. tataḥ mānada te samāgatāḥ tasya vacanam śrutvā
tīrthasya kapālamocanam iti nāma cakruḥ

20. Then, O giver of honor, having heard his account, those assembled (sages) named that sacred place 'Kapalamocana' (the liberation of the skull).

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - the sages mentioned in the previous verse (they)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वचनम् (vacanam) - the account/story of Mahodara (word, statement, speech, account)

• तस्य (tasya) - of Mahodara (his, of him)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• तीर्थस्य (tīrthasya) - of the sacred bathing place, of the ford

• मानद (mānada) - O giver of honor, O respectful one

• कपालमोचनम् (kapālamocanam) - The specific name given to the sacred place (tīrtha) (Kapalamocana (name of a sacred place, lit. 'liberation of the skull'))

• इति (iti) - used to introduce the name of the sacred place (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech or a name)

• नाम (nāma) - name

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they named (lit. 'made the name') (they made, they did, they performed)

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - the sages who had assembled (assembled, gathered together, having arrived)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - the sages mentioned in the previous verse (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - the account/story of Mahodara (word, statement, speech, account)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्य (tasya) - of Mahodara (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

तीर्थस्य (tīrthasya) - of the sacred bathing place, of the ford

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tīrtha

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

मानद (mānada) - O giver of honor, O respectful one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mānada

mānada - giver of honor, respectful, showing respect

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (māna+da)

• māna – honor, respect, self-respect, measure
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

कपालमोचनम् (kapālamocanam) - The specific name given to the sacred place (tīrtha) (Kapalamocana (name of a sacred place, lit. 'liberation of the skull'))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kapālamocana

kapālamocana - liberation of the skull; a specific sacred bathing place

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kapāla+mocana)

• kapāla – skull, forehead, begging bowl
  noun (neuter)
• mocana – liberating, freeing, releasing
  noun (neuter)
  Nominalization of verbal action
  Derived from the root √muc (to free, release) with suffix -ana
  Root: muc (class 6)

इति (iti) - used to introduce the name of the sacred place (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech or a name)

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - name

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they named (lit. 'made the name') (they made, they did, they performed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √kṛ

Perfect Tense (Lit)

Third person plural, parasmaipada, perfect tense of √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - the sages who had assembled (assembled, gathered together, having arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, met, arrived, come together

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √gam (to go) with prefixes sam and ā

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (sam+ā+gata)

• sam – with, together, completely
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating conjunction, completeness, or intensity
• ā – to, towards, up to
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating proximity, extent, or reversal
• gata – gone, arrived, passed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)