महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-43, verse-39

विशाखस्तु ययौ येन देवी गिरिवरात्मजा ।
शाखो ययौ च भगवान्वायुमूर्तिर्विभावसुम् ।
नैगमेषोऽगमद्गङ्गां कुमारः पावकप्रभः ॥३९॥

39. viśākhastu yayau yena devī girivarātmajā ,
śākho yayau ca bhagavānvāyumūrtirvibhāvasum ,
naigameṣo'gamadgaṅgāṁ kumāraḥ pāvakaprabhaḥ.

39. viśākhaḥ tu yayau yena devī
girivarātmajā śākhaḥ yayau ca bhagavān
vāyu-mūrtiḥ vibhāvasum naigameṣaḥ
agamat gaṅgām kumāraḥ pāvaka-prabhaḥ

39. viśākhaḥ tu yena devī girivarātmajā
yayau śākhaḥ ca bhagavān vāyu-mūrtiḥ
vibhāvasum yayau naigameṣaḥ
gaṅgām agamat kumāraḥ pāvaka-prabhaḥ

39. Viśākha went to where the goddess, the daughter of the best of mountains, was. Śākha, the divine one who has the form of the wind, went to Vibhāvasu (Agni). Naigameṣa went to Gaṅgā, and Kumāra (Skanda), radiant like fire, went

Words meanings summery:

• विशाखः (viśākhaḥ) - Viśākha (one of the forms of Skanda)

• तु (tu) - but, and, moreover, indeed

• ययौ (yayau) - went, departed, proceeded

• येन (yena) - by which, where, to which place

• देवी (devī) - the goddess Pārvatī (goddess, queen, divine woman)

• गिरिवरात्मजा (girivarātmajā) - daughter of the best of mountains (Pārvatī)

• शाखः (śākhaḥ) - Śākha (one of the forms of Skanda)

• ययौ (yayau) - went, departed, proceeded

• च (ca) - and

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - lordly, divine, blessed, glorious

• वायु-मूर्तिः (vāyu-mūrtiḥ) - having the form of the wind

• विभावसुम् (vibhāvasum) - to Vibhāvasu (to Agni)

• नैगमेषः (naigameṣaḥ) - Naigameṣa (one of the forms of Skanda)

• अगमत् (agamat) - went, approached, reached

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - to the Gaṅgā river

• कुमारः (kumāraḥ) - the boy, Skanda, Kumāra

• पावक-प्रभः (pāvaka-prabhaḥ) - radiant like fire, having the splendour of fire

Words meanings and morphology

विशाखः (viśākhaḥ) - Viśākha (one of the forms of Skanda)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśākha

viśākha - Viśākha (proper name of a son/form of Skanda)

तु (tu) - but, and, moreover, indeed

(indeclinable)

ययौ (yayau) - went, departed, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which, where, to which place

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which

Note: Used here adverbially meaning 'to where'

देवी (devī) - the goddess Pārvatī (goddess, queen, divine woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, female deity

गिरिवरात्मजा (girivarātmajā) - daughter of the best of mountains (Pārvatī)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of girivarātmajā

girivarātmajā - daughter of the best of mountains

Compound type : tatpurusha (girivara+ātmajā)

• girivara – best of mountains, great mountain (Himavat)
  noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter
  noun (feminine)

शाखः (śākhaḥ) - Śākha (one of the forms of Skanda)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śākha

śākha - Śākha (proper name of a son/form of Skanda)

ययौ (yayau) - went, departed, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - lordly, divine, blessed, glorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, blessed, divine, lord

वायु-मूर्तिः (vāyu-mūrtiḥ) - having the form of the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu-mūrti

vāyu-mūrti - having the form of the wind

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vāyu+mūrti)

• vāyu – wind, god of wind
  noun (masculine)
• mūrti – form, image, body
  noun (feminine)

विभावसुम् (vibhāvasum) - to Vibhāvasu (to Agni)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu

vibhāvasu - radiant, fire, Agni

नैगमेषः (naigameṣaḥ) - Naigameṣa (one of the forms of Skanda)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naigameṣa

naigameṣa - Naigameṣa (proper name of a divine entity/form)

अगमत् (agamat) - went, approached, reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - to the Gaṅgā river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the Gaṅgā river

कुमारः (kumāraḥ) - the boy, Skanda, Kumāra

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumāra

kumāra - boy, son, youth, Skanda

पावक-प्रभः (pāvaka-prabhaḥ) - radiant like fire, having the splendour of fire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka-prabha

pāvaka-prabha - radiant like fire

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāvaka+prabhā)

• pāvaka – fire, purifier
  noun (masculine)
• prabhā – splendour, light, radiance
  noun (feminine)

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