Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.63.22

vidrāvite bhūta-gaṇe

jvaras tu trī-śirās trī-pāt

abhyadhāvata dāśārhaḿ

dahann iva diśo daśa

SYNONYMS

vidrāvite — having been driven away; bhūta-gaṇe — all the followers of Lord Śiva; jvaraḥ — the personification of fever who serves him, Lord Śiva; tu — but; tri — three; śirāḥ — having heads; tri — three; pāt — having feet; abhyadhāvata — ran toward; dāśārham — Lord Kṛṣṇa; dahan — burning; iva — as if it were; diśaḥ — the directions; daśa — ten.

TRANSLATION

After Lord Śiva's followers had been driven away, the Śiva-jvara, who had three heads and three feet, pressed forward to attack Lord Kṛṣṇa. As the Śiva-jvara approached, he seemed to burn everything in the ten directions.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the following description of the Śiva-jvara:

jvaras tri-padas tri-śirāḥ

ṣaḍ-bhujo nava-locanaḥ

bhasma-praharaṇo raudraḥ

kālāntaka-yamopamaḥ

"The terrible Śiva-jvara had three legs, three heads, six arms and nine eyes. Showering ashes, he resembled Yamarāja at the time of universal annihilation."

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