Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 49
Vāmana’s Advent, Aditi’s Hymn, Bali’s Gift, and the Mahatmya of Bhū-dāna
अदितिरुवाच । ताह वोढुं क्षमा देव त्वामाद्यपुरुषं परम् । असंख्याताण्डरोमाणं सर्वेशं सर्वकारणम् ॥ ४९ ॥
aditiruvāca | tāha voḍhuṃ kṣamā deva tvāmādyapuruṣaṃ param | asaṃkhyātāṇḍaromāṇaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvakāraṇam || 49 ||
അദിതി പറഞ്ഞു— ദേവാ, അവരെ ധരിക്കുവാൻ കൃപചെയ്യണമേ. നീ ആദ്യ പരമപുരുഷൻ; നിന്റെ രോമകൂപങ്ങളിൽ അസംഖ്യ ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡങ്ങൾ, നീ സർവേശ്വരനും സർവകാരണങ്ങളുടെ കാരണവും ആകുന്നു.
Aditi
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames the Supreme (Vishnu as Ādyapuruṣa) as the sustaining ground of all beings and all universes, teaching surrender to the Lord who alone is “cause of all causes.”
Aditi’s address is a direct stuti (praise-prayer): she approaches the Lord with humility and dependence, modeling bhakti as reverent invocation of the Supreme Protector and Sustainer.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught directly; the verse functions as a theological-cosmological identification used in mantra-style praise within Purāṇic narration.