Tripurantaka

Tripurari
Depiction of Tripurantaka
AffiliationShaivism
AbodeTripura, Bhuloka or Mount Kailash
WeaponPashupatastra Arrow, Pinaka Bow
SymbolBow, Trishula, Vasuki, Damaru
DayMonday
MountPrithvi as a chariot
FestivalsKartik Purnima
ConsortTripura Sundari

Tripurantaka (Sanskrit: त्रिपुरांतक, romanizedTripurāntaka) or Tripurari is a manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva. This form of the deity is featured in a Puranic legend in which he destroys the three cities of the asuras, called Tripura, with a single arrow.[1]

  1. ^ A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India. p. 560.