जपोऽहुतोहुतो होमः प्रहुतो भौतिको बलिः । प्राशितं पितृसंतृप्तिर्हुतं ब्राह्मं द्विजार्चनम्
japo'hutohuto homaḥ prahuto bhautiko baliḥ | prāśitaṃ pitṛsaṃtṛptirhutaṃ brāhmaṃ dvijārcanam
جَپ کو اَہُت کہا گیا ہے؛ ہُت آگ میں ہوم کی آہوتی ہے؛ پْرہُت جانداروں کے لیے بھوتک بَلی دان ہے؛ پْراشِت پِتروں کی تسکین ہے؛ اور برہما-ہُت دْوِج (اہلِ علم) کی پوجا و خدمت ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (nitya-karma integration)
Type: kshetra
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.
True dharma integrates devotion (japa), cosmic order (homa), compassion to beings (bali), ancestral duty (pitṛ-satisfaction), and reverence to sacred learning (dvija-arcana).
The verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition centered on Kāśī, presenting dharma as the living glory of the sacred city.
Definitions of the pañcayajñas and their practical forms: japa, homa, bali, pitṛ-satiation, and honoring learned dvijas.