मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-57, verse-56

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अतो देशान् प्रवक्ष्यामि पर्वताश्रयिणश्च ये ।
नीहारा हंसमार्गाश्च कुरवो गुर्गणाः खसाः ॥५६॥

56. ato deśān pravakṣyāmi parvatāśrayiṇaśca ye .
nīhārā haṃsamārgāśca kuravo gurgaṇāḥ khasāḥ.

56. ataḥ deśān pravakṣyāmi parvatāśrayiṇaḥ ca ye
nīhārāḥ haṃsamārgāḥ ca kuravaḥ gurgaṇāḥ khasāḥ

56. Henceforth, I will declare the countries and those peoples who reside in the mountains: the Niharās, the Hamsamargas, the Kurus, the Gurganas, and the Khasas.

Words meanings summery:

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अतः (ataḥ) - henceforth, therefore (therefore, hence, from this)

देशान् (deśān) - countries or regions (countries, regions)

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare (I will declare, I will speak)

पर्वताश्रयिणः (parvatāśrayiṇaḥ) - those peoples who reside in the mountains (mountain dwellers, those who dwell in mountains)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

ये (ye) - who (referring to the peoples) (who, which)

नीहाराः (nīhārāḥ) - A people or region. (The Niharās (a people or region))

हंसमार्गाः (haṁsamārgāḥ) - A people or region. (The Hamsamargas (a people or region))

च (ca) - and (and, also)

कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - A people or region, inhabitants of the ancient Kuru kingdom. (The Kurus (a people or region))

गुर्गणाः (gurgaṇāḥ) - A people or region. (The Gurganas (a people or region))

खसाः (khasāḥ) - A people or region, typically associated with Himalayan regions. (The Khasas (a people or region))

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - henceforth, therefore (therefore, hence, from this)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas appended to idam (this).

देशान् (deśān) - countries or regions (countries, regions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, district

Root: diś (class 6)

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare (I will declare, I will speak)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future active

From root √vac (to speak) with upasarga pra. 'Pravakṣyāmi' is the 1st person singular of the future tense (lṛṭ-lakāra).

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

पर्वताश्रयिणः (parvatāśrayiṇaḥ) - those peoples who reside in the mountains (mountain dwellers, those who dwell in mountains)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvatāśrayin

parvatāśrayin - dwelling in mountains, mountain dweller, an ascetic

Compound: parvata (mountain) + āśrayin (dependent on, dwelling in). 'āśrayin' is derived from ā + √śrī.

Compound type : tatpurusha (parvata+āśrayin)

parvata – mountain, hill
noun (masculine)
āśrayin – dwelling in, resorting to, dependent on
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun / adjective
From upasarga ā + root √śrī (to resort to, depend on) + suffix -in.
Prefix: ā
Root: śrī (class 1)

Note: It is the subject of the implied verb 'are' (ye santi), referring to the peoples.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who (referring to the peoples) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

नीहाराः (nīhārāḥ) - A people or region. (The Niharās (a people or region))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nīhāra

nīhāra - mist, fog; name of a people or region