Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
तदाहुस्त्रिकामित्याहुर्दीयते यद्दिनेदिने । अपत्यविजयैश्वर्यस्त्रीबालार्थं प्रदीयते
tadāhustrikāmityāhurdīyate yaddinedine | apatyavijayaiśvaryastrībālārthaṃ pradīyate
જે દાન રોજેરોજ આપવામાં આવે તેને ‘ત્રિકામ’ કહે છે. તે સંતાન, વિજય અને ઐશ્વર્ય—આ ત્રણ કામનાઓની સિદ્ધિ માટે, તેમજ સ્ત્રીઓ અને બાળકોના હિતાર્થે પણ આપવામાં આવે છે.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A household at dawn prepares food and coins; the householder gives daily alms to a needy mother with children and to a pilgrim; a subtle motif of three fruits/three lamps symbolizes the ‘three desires’.
FAQs
Charity offered consistently (daily) is praised as a dharmic act that can be dedicated to specific righteous aims, especially the welfare of family and dependents.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on dāna-dharma as taught within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
A practice of giving ‘day by day’ (regular, ongoing dāna) with an intended purpose such as offspring, victory, prosperity, and protection of women and children.