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 written in a Purana literature in which he destroys the three cities of the asuras, called Tripura, with a single arrow.