100 - Aditi welcomes Parvati 

Narayana said- Thereafter Aditi, Diti, Devaki, Rohin, Rati, Sarasvati, the chaste Yashoda, Lopamudra, Arundhati, Ahalya, Tara proceeded to the temple of Parvati and bowing. In reverence to her again and again, they offered their salutation to her. Then after talking to her they made her enter into the gem-studded palace. There she was made to sit on the gem-studded lion throne and honoured offering the garland, the costumes, gems studded ornaments and was than established there. 

The goddess Devaki offered her the Parijata flowers, which were brought by Indra with great effort, at the lotus-like feet of Parvati. 

The parting of her hair was adorned with the spot of vermilion while the forehead was adorned with the spot of sandal-paste. She was also decorated with kastiiri and saffron on all sides. 

She was served with sweet food, offering the cool fragrant water, the fragrant betel was also offered to her, the nails of her toes were painted with saffron and she was served by moving the white fly-whisks. 

Devaki thus adored Parvati and thereafter she also adored the wives of the sages, the chaste woman whose son and husband were alive, the princesses, the daughter of all the gods, the beautiful daughters of the Nagas and the sages besides the daughters of all other relatives. 

Several of the musical instrument were sounding delightfully and welfare mantras were recited serving food to the Brahmanas.

The village deities named Bhairavi and Sasthi were adored, offering sixteen types of adorations. 

Then Devaki the spouse of vasudeva had the recitations of the Vedas and welfare mantras, made by the Brahmanas. 

Devaki who was graceful to her son made Balabhadra and Krishna bathe with the best of the water of the Ganga from heaven brought in golden pitchers. She then offered the costumes, the sandal-paste, the flowers garland and the ornaments made with the best of gems. They were thus fully decorated. 

О Narada, having been decorated with the ornament in the form of mother, Sri Krishna reached the assembly of great sages. 

On their arrival Brahma, shiva, Sesha, Dharma and Surya got up to welcome them. Thereafter the gods, the sages, Karttikeya and Ganesha offered prayer to lord Krishna separately.

Brahma said- O lord, you are inexplicable and you take to the human form for the only to grace your devotees. You are inexplicable by the Vedas, therefore who could be competent enough to praise you.

Mahadeva said- You always pervades all the, creatures in the universe and still remain unattached, you are the witness of all the deeds, of the people and are imperishable. Therefore, what type of adoration can I offer to you because you are formless, devoid of gums and are also nirguna.

Ananta said- O lord, I am devoid of knowledge, then how could I know about the endless lord, because you happen to be the cause of the creation of crores of globes and you redeem the people from the ocean of universe. Innumerable globes are lodged into the hair-pits of MahaVishnu which are astonishing as well as artificial.

Out of them the noble people, the gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Siva, represent your amshas and all the holy places are located in the land of Bharata.

I pervade the universe in my tiny form of Naga. You have established myself on the back of tortoise live the mosquito sits on the huge elephant.

There is nothing smaller in the world than the atom and there is nothing greater than Mahavishnu but you happen to be beyond MahaVishnu and no one else is beyond you, therefore you are greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest. You happen to be the form of water which is the base of MahaVishnu. Water is the base of Goloka and you have taken to immovable form.

O virtuous one, you take to human form for the sake of your devotees. Your breathing is the base of all the creatures in the world.

You had provided me with several hoods in earlier times and therefore collectively with these hoods intend to recite your glory but you have not bestowed me with the divine knowledge.

The gods said- O lord you are endless and in case Ananta is not able to recite your glory, Brahma himself and lord Shiva are unable to do so while Sarasvati becomes double before you then how can the weak people recite your glory.

The sages said- 0 lord in case the Vedas are unable to recite your glory, then how could one in spite of our being well-versed in the Vedas, recite your glory. 

Thus one who recites the stotra composed by the sages and the gods, at the time of adoration, purifying himself and with the mind filled with devotion, he enjoying all the pleasures in this world achieves the divine knowledge and proceeds to Goloka ultimately.