Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
यस्मादुदीरितः पूर्वं श्लोकोऽयं शास्त्रचिन्तकैः । यादृशा दोहदाः सन्ति सगर्भाणां च योषिताम्
yasmādudīritaḥ pūrvaṃ śloko'yaṃ śāstracintakaiḥ | yādṛśā dohadāḥ santi sagarbhāṇāṃ ca yoṣitām
কারণ এই শ্লোকটি পূর্বে শাস্ত্রচিন্তকদের দ্বারা উচ্চারিত হয়েছিল—গর্ভবতী নারীদের মধ্যে কী কী ধরনের দোহদা (আকাঙ্ক্ষা) জাগে তা বর্ণনা করতে।
Unspecified in snippet (context suggests Ṛcīka speaking in this passage)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator invokes earlier śāstra-thinkers and explains dohadas (pregnancy cravings) as recognized signs; the scene feels like a teaching moment in a sacred setting.
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Purāṇic teaching grounds its claims in inherited śāstric tradition, presenting signs as part of a recognized interpretive framework.
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