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Ayurveda is the holistic science of treating physical and mental ailments and promote healthy living. Marma is a unique concept of Ayurveda and is been explained extensively by Acharya Sushruta and Acharya Vagbhatta in their respective classical text. Marma are said to be the sites where the Prana resides. Trauma to these vital points leads to instant death, rigorous pain or enduring disability. Shankha Marma is one of the Marma of Urdhvajatrugata region (head region) situated in between the ear and the forehead and just above termination of the superciliary arch/eyebrow. Shankha Marma is considered as Sadhyapranahara Marma. Injury to this area leads to sudden death. Acharya Sushruta described that it is situated between the Karna (ear pinna) and the Lalata (forehead) above the Bhru-Puchha (end portion of eye-brows). It corresponds to the temple area in skull. Pterion, a craniometric point, can also be associated with Shankha Marma. The point corresponding with the posterior end of the Spheno-parietal suture is named the Pterion. In this paper, we will discuss all the possible anatomical structures associated with Shankha Marma making it as one of the most important Marma of Uttamanga.