Shutting his two, eyes, that Potent Lord created a third on his forehead by sheer force; and therefore is he called the Three-eyed.
निमीलिताभ्यां नेत्राभ्यां बलाद् देवो महेश्वरः। ललाटे नेत्रमसृजत् तेन त्र्यक्षः स उच्यते॥