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
Kerana bait ini dahulu telah diucapkan oleh para pemikir śāstra, yang menerangkan apakah jenis-jenis keinginan (dohada) yang timbul pada wanita yang mengandung.
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.