Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अहुतं च हुतं चैव प्रहुतं प्राशितं तथा । ब्राह्मं हुतं पंचमं च पंचयज्ञा इमे शुभाः

Transliteration

ahutaṃ ca hutaṃ caiva prahutaṃ prāśitaṃ tathā | brāhmaṃ hutaṃ paṃcamaṃ ca paṃcayajñā ime śubhāḥ

Translation

阿呼多（Ahuta）、呼多（Huta）、普罗呼多（Prahuta）、普罗施多（Prāśita），以及第五的婆罗门呼多（Brāhma-huta）：此五者即为吉祥的五种日常祭祀（pañcayajña）。

Word by Word

• अहुतम्: unoffered (oblation)
• अहुतम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + हुत (√हु धातु + त कृत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP) ‘अहुत’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• हुतम्: offered (oblation)
• हुतम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √हु (धातु) + त (कृत्) → हुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• प्रहुतम्: offered forth / duly offered
• प्रहुतम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + √हु (धातु) + त (कृत्) → प्रहुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP)

• प्राशितम्: eaten / partaken
• प्राशितम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र√अश् (धातु) + त (कृत्) → प्राशित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (PPP)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/तुल्यताबोधक)

• ब्राह्मम्: Brahma-related / pertaining to Brahmins
• ब्राह्मम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘ब्राह्मणसम्बन्धि’

• हुतम्: offering
• हुतम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √हु (धातु) + त (कृत्) → हुत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• पञ्चमम्: the fifth
• पञ्चमम्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• पञ्चयज्ञाः: the five sacrifices
• पञ्चयज्ञाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्व), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• इमे: these
• इमे: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• शुभाः: auspicious
• शुभाः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (nitya-karma emphasis)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequential tableau of five daily acts: (1) japa near a tulasī or altar, (2) small homa fire, (3) bali offering outside for creatures, (4) pitṛ tarpaṇa with water, (5) feeding/honoring a learned guest; all set against Kāśī’s river-city ambiance.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcayajña
• Homa
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily life becomes worship when one maintains the five yajñas—inner discipline, fire offering, offerings to beings, nourishing obligations through food, and honoring sacred knowledge and its bearers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, where right conduct is portrayed as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of the pañcayajñas: ahuta (japa), huta (homa), prahuta (bali), prāśita (feeding/satiation duties), and brāhma (honoring Brāhmaṇas/vedic learning).