The hunter and Arjuna

During the Pandavas' years in the forest Arjuna went alone into the mountains to earn the weapons that only the gods could give. He stood on one foot, then on his toes, then lived on air, until the sages complained of the heat. Shiva decided to see for himself. A demon named Muka took the shape of a boar and rushed the ascetic; Arjuna strung his bow and shot, and at the same moment a hunter in skins shot from the trees, and the boar died with two arrows in it. Each said the kill was his. Arjuna, insulted by a tribesman, emptied his quiver at him and the arrows did nothing; he struck with the bow and the bow was taken; he drew his sword and it broke; he wrestled and was thrown down half dead. Then he made a clay image of Shiva and laid his garland on it, and saw the garland on the hunter's neck. He knew, and worshipped, and Shiva gave him the weapon called Pashupata that could end the world. Bharavi turned the episode into the eighteen cantos of the Kiratarjuniya in the sixth century.