वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-36, verse-27

स्कन्द इत्यब्रुवन्देवाः स्कन्नं गर्भपरिस्रवात् ।
कार्तिकेयं महाभागं काकुत्स्थज्वलनोपमम् ॥२७॥

27. skanda ityabruvandevāḥ skannaṃ garbhaparisravāt ,
kārtikeyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ kākutsthajvalanopamam.

27. skandaḥ iti abruvan devāḥ skannam garbha-parisravāt
kārtikeyam mahābhāgam kākutstha-jvalana-upamam

27. devāḥ skannam garbha-parisravāt
skandaḥ iti abruvan kākutstha (he
rāma) (te devāḥ) mahābhāgam
jvalana-upamam kārtikeyam (abruvan)

27. The gods called him Skanda because he was spilled from the womb's fluid. O descendant of Kakutstha (Rama), they called that greatly fortunate Kartikeya one who was like blazing fire.

Words meanings summery:

• स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda (name of Kartikeya)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke, they called

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• स्कन्नम् (skannam) - Refers to Shiva's virya (semen) which was spilled. (spilled, dropped, fallen)

• गर्भ-परिस्रवात् (garbha-parisravāt) - Refers to Shiva's virya (semen) that was held by Agni and then by Ganga, which spilled or was released. (from the womb's fluid, from the discharge of pregnancy)

• कार्तिकेयम् (kārtikeyam) - Kartikeya (name of the god of war, son of Shiva)

• महाभागम् (mahābhāgam) - greatly fortunate, highly esteemed, illustrious

• काकुत्स्थ-ज्वलन-उपमम् (kākutstha-jvalana-upamam) - Addressed to Rama (Kākutstha), referring to Kartikeya as fire-like (jvalanopama). (resembling fire, O Kakutstha (Rama))

Words meanings and morphology

स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda (name of Kartikeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda (name of Kartikeya, god of war), one who leaps or spills, a king, a warrior

From root skand 'to leap, spurt'

Root: skand (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke, they called

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd person plural, active voice. The 'a-' is the augment for past tense.

Root: brū (class 2)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - a god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

स्कन्नम् (skannam) - Refers to Shiva's virya (semen) which was spilled. (spilled, dropped, fallen)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of skanna

skanna - spilled, dropped, fallen, emitted

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root skand (to leap, spurt, spill).

Root: skand (class 1)

गर्भ-परिस्रवात् (garbha-parisravāt) - Refers to Shiva's virya (semen) that was held by Agni and then by Ganga, which spilled or was released. (from the womb's fluid, from the discharge of pregnancy)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of garbha-parisrava

garbha-parisrava - discharge from the womb, fluid of conception

Compound type : tatpurusha (garbha+parisrava)

• garbha – womb, fetus, embryo, interior
  noun (masculine)
• parisrava – flowing forth, discharge, fluid
  noun (masculine)
  From root plu/sru 'to flow' with prefix pari.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: sru (class 1)

कार्तिकेयम् (kārtikeyam) - Kartikeya (name of the god of war, son of Shiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kārtikeya

kārtikeya - Kartikeya, son of the Krittikas (Pleiades), another name for Skanda

Derived from Kṛttikā (Pleiades), as he was nursed by them.

महाभागम् (mahābhāgam) - greatly fortunate, highly esteemed, illustrious

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, noble, illustrious, of great share/fortune

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bhāga – portion, share, fortune, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Kartikeyam.

काकुत्स्थ-ज्वलन-उपमम् (kākutstha-jvalana-upamam) - Addressed to Rama (Kākutstha), referring to Kartikeya as fire-like (jvalanopama). (resembling fire, O Kakutstha (Rama))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha-jvalana-upama

kākutstha-jvalana-upama - resembling fire, O descendant of Kakutstha

This is a complex compound where 'Kākutstha' functions as a vocative (implied address to Rama) and 'jvalanopama' as the adjective describing Kartikeya. The whole phrase modifies Kartikeyam.

Compound type : tatpurusha (jvalana-upama) with kākutstha being vocative in context (kākutstha+jvalana+upama)

• kākutstha – descendant of Kakutstha, an epithet of Rama
  proper noun (masculine)
  Patronymic from Kakutstha.
• jvalana – blazing, burning, fire, flame
  noun (masculine)
  From root jval 'to burn, blaze'.
  Root: jval (class 1)
• upama – comparison, simile, resemblance, equal to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with Kartikeyam.