Markandeyapurana 73.4

73.4

pratardanākhyaśca gaṇo devānāṃ munisattama /
caturthastatra kathita auttamasyāntare manoḥ //

Thus the first group of gods was the Svadhāmans,[1] who acted according to their name; and another also, the second group of the thirty gods, was the Satyākhyas.[2] Now the gods in the third group were the Śivākhyas,[3] O best of munis: now they were auspicious by nature; they are declared to have destroyed sin. And the fourth group of the gods therein was the Pratardanākhyas,[4] O best of munis, in the period of Auttama Manu. And the gods in the fifth group therein were the Vaśavartins,[5] O brāhman; now all of them indeed had natures corresponding to their names, O great muni. And these five groups of gods are reported to have fed of the sacrifices. All the groups were twelve in the manvantara which appertained to that best of Manus. Their lord[6] was illustrious; may he become the spiritual preceptor in the three worlds! Having offered a hundred sacrifices, he was verily named Suśānti.[7] Now a song, which is embellished with the words composing his name in order to avert portents emanating from him, is sung by men on the earth even to this day,—“Sweetly serene is the kindly ruler of the gods, he bestows sweet serenity.” He is attended by the Śivas and Satyas[8] and other groups of gods and also by the Vaśavartins.[9] Without birth[10] was he, absolutely pure, supernatural.