Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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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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