 बभूव तिमिरं घोरमुद्धतं रोमहर्षणम्।दिशो वा विदिशो वापि न च व्यक्तं चकाशिरे।। 
 A terrific darkness, spread all over, produced frightening horripilation. Even the four quarters and the intermediary zones were not discernible. 