Krauñca

Krauñca, “the krauñca bird (curlew)”

Krauñca is a name used for more than one being or place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Krauñca: a gandharva turned into a mouse by a śāpa, who became the vāhana of Gaṇeśa and so reached moksha. Gaṇeśa Purāṇa, Krīḍā Khaṇḍa, Chapters 134–135

Places

• Krauñca Parvata: the mountain where Kārttikeya lives and Bhagavān Śiva appeared as Mallikārjuna; in the Vāmana Purāṇa he is the son of Sunābha, split by Skanda’s śakti with Mahisha hiding inside. Śiva Purāṇa, Rudra Saṃhitā, Kumāra Khaṇḍa, Chapters 10 and 20; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 30–32; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Madhyama Bhāga; Narasiṃha Purāṇa
• Krauñca Dvīpa: one of the seven dvīpas, beyond the ocean of ghee and girt by the ocean of curd. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 11, 62–63

Named in passing

• Krauñca the gaṇa: one of the two gaṇas the river Gautamī gave to Skanda at his abhisheka, told on Kārttikeya’s Birth and Abhisheka. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 31