Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s6.28

v2.c16.s6.28

5. Kiratarjunamurti. Arjuna was presented by Śiva with the powerful weapon named the *pāśupatāstra* to fight successfully against the Kauravas. The account of the gift of the weapon by Śiva is narrated in the *Vanaparvan* of the *Mahābhārata* thus: Arjuna being advised by Indra to beseech Śiva to grant him