Varaha Purana 187.26: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 26
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ च मरुद्गणाः ॥ देवतास्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशददित्यां जनयन्पुरा
ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca marudgaṇāḥ || devatās tu trayastriṁśad adityāṁ janayan purā
आदित्य, वसु, रुद्र, अश्विन और मरुत गण - यह सब देवता हैं। इनका काउंट है तीस-तैंतीस। यह सब अदिति से पैदा हुए थे पुराने ज़माने में।
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It preserves a widely attested Vedic/Purāṇic taxonomy of deities (the ‘thirty-three’), offering evidence for continuity and reinterpretation of Vedic categories in later Purāṇic compilations.
No geographic location is identified; the verse is theological-taxonomic.
Rather than a direct ethical rule, the verse functions as a classificatory teaching: knowledge is organized through enumerations that aid memory and transmission.
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