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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

Car ce vers fut jadis énoncé par les penseurs des śāstras, décrivant quelles sortes de désirs (dohadas) naissent chez les femmes enceintes.

यस्मात्because (from which reason)
यस्मात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
उदीरितःuttered, proclaimed
उदीरितः:
Karma (Predicate participle relating to 'श्लोकः')
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-ईर् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'uttered/declared'
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
श्लोकःthe verse
श्लोकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अयम्this
अयम्:
Visheshana (Demonstrative qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
शास्त्रचिन्तकैःby the scriptural thinkers
शास्त्रचिन्तकैः:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + cintaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शास्त्रस्य चिन्तकाः = thinkers on scripture)
यादृशाःsuch as, of what kind
यादृशाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier of 'दोहदाः'/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
दोहदाःpregnancy cravings/longings
दोहदाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdohada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सन्तिare
सन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
सगर्भाणाम्of the pregnant (women)
सगर्भाणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa- (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सगर्भाः = गर्भवत्यः)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
योषिताम्of women
योषिताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyoṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

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.

Ś
Śāstra
D
Dohada

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.