योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-9, verse-17

खं भूत्वा पवनस्कन्धं धत्ते सर्षिसुरासुरम् ।
कुलाचलगतो भूत्वा लोकपालपुरास्पदः ॥ १७ ॥

khaṃ bhūtvā pavanaskandhaṃ dhatte sarṣisurāsuram ,
kulācalagato bhūtvā lokapālapurāspadaḥ 17

17. kham bhūtvā pavana-skandham dhatte sarṣisurāsuram
kulācalagataḥ bhūtvā lokapālapurāspadaḥ

17. kham bhūtvā sarṣisurāsuram pavana-skandham
dhatte kulācalagataḥ bhūtvā lokapālapurāspadaḥ

17. Becoming space (ākāśa), it sustains the entire realm of wind, encompassing sages, gods, and asuras. Becoming situated in the principal mountains, it serves as the abode for the cities of the world-protectors (lokapālas).

Words meanings summery:

• खम् (kham) - space, ether (space, ether, sky, void)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - becoming (having become, being)

• पवन-स्कन्धम् (pavana-skandham) - the realm of wind (mass of wind, body of wind, realm of wind)

• धत्ते (dhatte) - sustains (holds, carries, maintains, sustains)

• सर्षिसुरासुरम् (sarṣisurāsuram) - encompassing sages, gods, and asuras (along with sages, gods and asuras)

• कुलाचलगतः (kulācalagataḥ) - situated in the principal mountains (gone to the principal mountains, situated in the principal mountains)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - becoming (having become, being)

• लोकपालपुरास्पदः (lokapālapurāspadaḥ) - the abode for the cities of the world-protectors (lokapālas) (abode of the cities of the world-protectors)

Words meanings and morphology

खम् (kham) - space, ether (space, ether, sky, void)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, heaven, atmosphere, air, ether, space

Note: Refers to the element of space/ether.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - becoming (having become, being)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to become) with suffix -tvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पवन-स्कन्धम् (pavana-skandham) - the realm of wind (mass of wind, body of wind, realm of wind)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pavana-skandha

pavana-skandha - mass of wind, body of wind, realm of wind

Compound type : tatpurusha (pavana+skandha)

• pavana – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pū' (to purify) + ana (agentive suffix)
  Root: pū (class 9)
• skandha – trunk (of a tree), shoulder, mass, quantity, section, main part
  noun (masculine)

धत्ते (dhatte) - sustains (holds, carries, maintains, sustains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of dhā

present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice.

Root: dhā (class 3)

सर्षिसुरासुरम् (sarṣisurāsuram) - encompassing sages, gods, and asuras (along with sages, gods and asuras)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sa-ṛṣi-sura-asura

sa-ṛṣi-sura-asura - with rishis, gods, and asuras

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+ṛṣi-sura-asura)

• sa – with, along with
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'with' or 'accompanied by'.
• ṛṣi-sura-asura – sages, gods, and asuras
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'pavana-skandham'.

कुलाचलगतः (kulācalagataḥ) - situated in the principal mountains (gone to the principal mountains, situated in the principal mountains)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kulācalagata

kulācalagata - gone to the principal mountains, situated in the principal mountains

Past Passive Participle (for gata)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kulācala+gata)

• kulācala – principal mountain, family mountain
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, reached, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular masculine, agreeing with an implied subject.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - becoming (having become, being)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to become) with suffix -tvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोकपालपुरास्पदः (lokapālapurāspadaḥ) - the abode for the cities of the world-protectors (lokapālas) (abode of the cities of the world-protectors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokapālapurāspada

lokapālapurāspada - abode of the cities of the world-protectors

Compound type : tatpurusha (lokapāla+pura+āspada)

• lokapāla – world-protector, guardian of the world
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• āspada – seat, abode, place, object
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Nominative singular masculine, agreeing with an implied subject.