Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41
तिस्रो रेखा भवंत्येषु स्थानेषु मुनिपुंगव । भ्रुवोर्मध्यं समारभ्य यावदंतो भ्रुवोर्भवेत्
tisro rekhā bhavaṃtyeṣu sthāneṣu munipuṃgava | bhruvormadhyaṃ samārabhya yāvadaṃto bhruvorbhavet
হে মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠ, এই স্থানগুলিতে তিনটি রেখা হয়; ভ্রূমধ্য থেকে আরম্ভ করে ভ্রূর প্রান্ত পর্যন্ত তা বিস্তৃত থাকে।
Śrī Rudra (Śiva)
Listener: Muni-puṅgava (foremost sage)
Scene: Close depiction of the forehead Tripuṇḍra: three clean horizontal ash lines precisely spanning from between the brows to the brow ends; teacher-sage instructs on exact boundaries.
FAQs
Śaiva marks are not arbitrary; they follow a sacred form that expresses disciplined devotion.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse concerns the correct form of the Tripuṇḍra.
Make three lines, starting from between the eyebrows and extending to the ends of the eyebrows.