Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
त्रिधा नौमित्तिकं प्रोक्तं सदा होमविवर्जितम् । इति प्रोक्ताः प्रकारास्ते त्रैविध्यमभिधीयते
tridhā naumittikaṃ proktaṃ sadā homavivarjitam | iti proktāḥ prakārāste traividhyamabhidhīyate
وأمّا العطاء النَّيمِتِّيكَا (العطاء العارض لسببٍ أو مناسبة) فقد أُعلن أنّه ثلاثةُ أقسام، ويُقال إنّه يُؤدَّى من غير جعل الهُوما (قربان النار) شرطًا دائمًا. وهكذا تُسمّى هذه الأنماط المذكورة تصنيفًا ثلاثيًّا.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A calm instructional scene: a seated ācārya explaining threefold naimittika-dāna to attentive householders; palm-leaf manuscripts, a simple altar present but no active homa fire, emphasizing ‘homa-vivarjita’.
FAQs
Charity can be categorized systematically; certain forms of cause-based giving are valid even without obligatory fire-ritual accompaniment.
No holy site is referenced; the verse is a doctrinal classification of dāna.
Naimittika dāna is taught as threefold and not invariably tied to homa.