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
यस्मात् शास्त्रचिन्तकैः पूर्वमुदीरितोऽयं श्लोकः—सगर्भाणां योषितां यादृशा दोहदा भवन्ति, तान् वर्णयितुम्।
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.
No site is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is explanatory, citing śāstric precedent.
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