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 ||
अदिती म्हणाली— हे देव, त्यांना धारण करण्याची कृपा करा. आपण आद्य परम पुरुष आहात; ज्यांच्या रोमकूपांत असंख्य ब्रह्मांडे आहेत, आपण सर्वेश्वर व सर्वकारणांचे कारण आहात.
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.