Shiva Purana

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वृत्तं वा चतुरस्रं वा बिन्दुमर्धेन्दुमेव वा ॥ ललाटे यादृशं पुण्ड्रं लिखितं भस्मना पुनः ॥ ३३ ॥

It may be a circle or a square or a dot or a half moon. The kind of puddle on his forehead that was written again with ashes.

english translation

vRttaM vA caturasraM vA bindumardhendumeva vA ॥ lalATe yAdRzaM puNDraM likhitaM bhasmanA punaH ॥ 33 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript