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
同样，苏达摩那众（Sudhāmāna）、真实众（Satya）、湿婆众（Śiva）、普罗塔尔达那众（Pratardana）与婆娑伐尔丁众（Vaśavartin）——此五类被忆为天众之“伽那”（gaṇa），每一类各有十二位。
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.