Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 11
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
सुधामानस्तथा सत्याः शिवाश्चाथ प्रतर्दनाः / वशवर्तिनश्च पञ्चैते गणा द्वादशकाः स्मृताः
sudhāmānastathā satyāḥ śivāścātha pratardanāḥ / vaśavartinaśca pañcaite gaṇā dvādaśakāḥ smṛtāḥ
Cũng vậy, các Sudhāmāna, các Satya, các Śiva, các Pratardana và các Vaśavartin—năm nhóm ấy được ghi nhớ là các gaṇa (đoàn chúng thần linh), mỗi nhóm gồm mười hai vị.
Narrator (Purāṇic recitation tradition; attributed to the transmitting sage in the frame dialogue)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it functions as a cosmological catalogue, implying an ordered universe of divine hosts operating under a higher, harmonizing sacred principle acknowledged throughout the Kūrma Purāṇa.
No specific yogic practice is taught in this line; its relevance is contextual—such enumerations frame the Purāṇic worldview in which disciplines like Pāśupata Yoga and devotion to Īśvara are practiced within an ordered cosmic hierarchy.
By listing a gaṇa named “Śivas” within a broader divine taxonomy, the verse supports the Purāṇic synthesis where Śiva-linked and Viṣṇu-linked orders coexist within one cosmic system governed by the Supreme.