Shiva forged the Pashupatastra as the supreme weapon of his arsenal, a force with no counter and no defense — its release could unmake creation itself, reducing the three worlds to ash.
Shiva disguised himself as a Kirata hunter and fought Arjuna over a slain boar in the Khandava forest — when the mortal held his ground against the god, Shiva revealed himself and bestowed the Pashupatastra upon him as reward for his valor.
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