Mukasura (Sanskrit: मुकासुर, romanized: Mukāsura) is an asura featured in the Indian epic Mahabharata.

[1] In the Kairata Parva of the Mahabharata, Arjuna ascends the Indrakila mountain to perform a penance to please Shiva, for obtaining the deity's personal weapon, called the pashupatastra.

Shiva, disguised as a kirata (hunter), shouts at the prince to stop, stating that he had aimed at the creature first.

Arjuna angrily accuses the hunter of breaking the law of the hunt and attacks him.

He is moved by joy when the garland appears around the hunter's head, realising his true identity.