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
Denn dieser Vers wurde einst von den über die Śāstras nachsinnenden Weisen gesprochen und beschreibt, welche Arten von Verlangen (dohadas) bei schwangeren Frauen entstehen.
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.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching grounds its claims in inherited śāstric tradition, presenting signs as part of a recognized interpretive framework.
No site is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is explanatory, citing śāstric precedent.