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Shiva, and his wife, Parvati, offered their darshana to Arjuna, and blessed him with the Pashupatastra. [7] Pashupatastra is considered indestructible and can destroy any creation, but its use is prohibited against mortals. It is one of the six Mantramukta weapons that cannot be resisted.
Pashupatastra: Shiva: One of the most powerful astras. Every time it was summoned, its head was different. It summons monsters and a huge spirit which personifies the weapon. It can destroy any target, irrespective of its nature. This astra could destroy the world. In Dvapara Yuga, only Arjuna possessed Pashupatastra. [47]
The Brahmastra (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मास्त्र, romanized: Brahmāstra, lit. 'Astra of Brahma') is a celestial weapon (astra) created and owned by the ...
Arjuna fights with the Kirata-Shiva. The Kirātārjunīya predominantly features the Vīra rasa, or the mood of valour. [3] [4] It expands upon a minor episode in the Vana Parva ("Book of the Forest") of the Mahabharata: While the Pandavas are exiled in the forest, Draupadi and Bhima incite Yudhishthira to declare war with the Kauravas, while he does not relent.
But Arjuna did not have any intentions of making love to Urvashi. Instead, he called her "mother". Because once Urvashi was the wife of King Pururavas the ancestor of Kuru dynasty. Urvashi felt insulted and cursed Arjuna that he will be a eunuch for the rest of his life. Later on Indra's request, Urvashi curtailed the curse to a period of one year.
The epic story of Ramayana was adopted by several cultures across Asia. Shown here is a Thai historic artwork depicting the battle which took place between Rama and Ravana. Vishvamitra: He was the preceptor of Rama and Lakshmana, a powerful tapasvi and Brahmarishi. [12]
Pashupata-sutra (IAST: Pāśupatasūtra) is a Sanskrit-language text regarded as revelation by the Pashupata Shaivite sect of ancient India. [1] Dated between 400 and 550 CE, [2] it is the earliest surviving text of the Pashupatas. [1]
Although the Kurukshetra War is not mentioned in Vedic literature, its prominence in later literature led British Indologist A. L. Basham to conclude that there was a great battle at Kurukshetra which, "magnified to titanic proportions, formed the basis of the story of the greatest of India's epics, the Mahābhārata". Acknowledging that later ...