A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1859

c5.1859

TRI-LOCHANA. ‘Three-eyed,’ *i.e.*, Siva. The Mahā-bhārata relates that the third eye burst from Siva’s forehead with a great flame when his wife playfully placed her hands over his eyes after he had been engaged in austerities in the Himālaya. This eye has been very destructive. It reduced Kāma, the god of love, to ashes.