Aditi is considered the celestial mother of all gods and beings in the Vedas. She is associated with space and mystic speech. She is mentioned as the mother of the 12 zodiacal spirits and the heavenly bodies. In the Rigveda, she is referred to as the mother of gods like Indra and Surya. Later Puranic texts present her as the wife of Kashyap and mother of the Adityas. She represents the primordial cosmic substance and creativity from which all existence emerges.