Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

जपोऽहुतोहुतो होमः प्रहुतो भौतिको बलिः । प्राशितं पितृसंतृप्तिर्हुतं ब्राह्मं द्विजार्चनम्

Transliteration

japo'hutohuto homaḥ prahuto bhautiko baliḥ | prāśitaṃ pitṛsaṃtṛptirhutaṃ brāhmaṃ dvijārcanam

Translation

ဇပ (မန္တရားရွတ်ဖတ်ခြင်း) ကို အဟုတ ဟု ခေါ်သည်။ ဟုတ သည် မီးထဲသို့ ဟိုးမ (homa) အာဟုတိ ပူဇော်ခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။ ပရဟုတ သည် သက်ရှိအရာများအတွက် ဘလိ-ဒါန ပူဇော်ခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။ ပရာသိတ သည် ပိတೃ (ဘိုးဘွား) တို့ကို တൃप्तစေခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။ ဘြာဟ္မ-ဟုတ သည် ဒွိဇ (ပညာရှိ) တို့ကို အရ္ဓနာ-စေဝာဖြင့် ဂုဏ်ပြုခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• जपः: recitation (japa)
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अहुतः: (is) the ‘ahuta’
• अहुतः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + हुत (√हु धातु + त कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP)

• हुतः: (is) the ‘huta’
• हुतः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √हु (धातु) + त (कृत्) → हुत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP)

• होमः: fire-offering (homa)
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रहुतः: (is) the ‘prahuta’
• प्रहुतः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + √हु (धातु) + त (कृत्) → प्रहुत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP)

• भौतिकः: material / pertaining to beings
• भौतिकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भौतिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• बलिः: offering (bali)
• बलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्राशितम्: the ‘prāśita’ (eating/partaking)
• प्राशितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र√अश् (धातु) + त (कृत्) → प्राशित
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP)

• पितृ: ancestors
• पितृ: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• संतृप्तिः: satisfaction
• संतृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्√तृप् (धातु) + ति (कृत्) → संतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृतान्त-भाववाचक

• पितृसंतृप्तिः: satisfaction of the ancestors
• पितृसंतृप्तिः: Vidhेय (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + संतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां संतृप्तिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हुतम्: the ‘huta’ (offering)
• हुतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √हु (धातु) + त (कृत्) → हुत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मम्: Brahma-related / Brahmin-related
• ब्राह्मम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• द्विज: twice-born (Brahmin etc.)
• द्विज: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Vidhेय (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु) + अन (कृत्) → अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कृतान्त-भाववाचक

• द्विजार्चनम्: worship of the twice-born
• द्विजार्चनम्: Vidhेय (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् अर्चनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (nitya-karma integration)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single composite scene showing the five acts around a Kāśī home/āśrama: a person chanting japa beads, tending a small homa fire, placing bali outside for creatures, offering water for pitṛs, and respectfully feeding a learned dvija; Ganga and ghats faintly visible.

Characters & Entities

• Japa
• Homa
• Bali
• Pitṛ
• Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma integrates devotion (japa), cosmic order (homa), compassion to beings (bali), ancestral duty (pitṛ-satisfaction), and reverence to sacred learning (dvija-arcana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition centered on Kāśī, presenting dharma as the living glory of the sacred city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Definitions of the pañcayajñas and their practical forms: japa, homa, bali, pitṛ-satiation, and honoring learned dvijas.