vidrÄvite bhÅ«ta-gaṇe
jvaras tu trÄ«-Å›irÄs trÄ«-pÄt
abhyadhÄvata dÄÅ›Ärhaá¹
dahann iva diśo daśa
vidrÄvite - having been driven away; bhÅ«ta-gaṇe - all the followers of Lord Åšiva; jvaraḥ - the personification of fever who serves him, Lord Åšiva; tu - but; tri - three; Å›irÄḥ - having heads; tri - three; pÄt - having feet; abhyadhÄvata - ran toward; dÄÅ›Ärham - Lord Kṛṣṇa; dahan - burning; iva - as if it were; diÅ›aḥ - the directions; daÅ›a - ten.
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.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« quotes the following description of the Åšiva-jvara:
jvaras tri-padas tri-Å›irÄḥ
á¹£aá¸-bhujo nava-locanaḥ
bhasma-praharaṇo raudraḥ
kÄlÄntaka-yamopamaḥ
“The terrible Åšiva-jvara had three legs, three heads, six arms and nine eyes. Showering ashes, he resembled YamarÄja at the time of universal annihilation.â€
