佛祖歷代通載 13.31

13.31

（二十三　乙亥）　二十三年三藏無畏卒。春秋九十有九。詔鴻臚丞李現監護喪事。塔于龍門之西山廣化寺。藏其全身。畏本釋種。甘露飯王之後。以讓國出家。道德名稱為天竺之冠。所至講法必有異相。初在烏茶國演遮那經須臾眾會咸見空中有毘盧遮那四金字各尋丈排列。久之而沒。又嘗過龍河。一托駝負經沒水。畏懼失經。遽隨之入水。於是龍王邀之入宮講法。不許。彼請堅至。為留三宿而出。所載梵夾不濕一字。其神異多類此。

([Kaiyuan], Year 23, [cyclical year] Yihai) [735 CE]: In the twenty-third year, Tripiṭaka Master Śubhakarasiṃha passed away at the age of ninety-nine. An imperial decree ordered Li Xian, Aide of the Court of State Ceremonial, to supervise the funeral arrangements. A stūpa was erected at Guanghua Temple on the West Mountain of Longmen to enshrine his whole body. Śubhakarasiṃha originally belonged to the Śākya clan, a descendant of King Amṛtodana. He renounced the throne to leave the householders' life; his virtue, Way, and renown were the foremost in India. Wherever he preached the Dharma, there were invariably miraculous signs. Earlier, when expounding the Vairocanābhisambodhi-sūtra in the country of Oḍra, the entire assembly suddenly saw in the sky the four golden characters 'Vai-ro-ca-na', each about a zhang high, lined up for a long time before vanishing. He also once crossed the Dragon River, where a camel carrying sūtras sank into the water. Fearing the loss of the sūtras, Śubhakarasiṃha plunged into the water after it. Thereupon the Dragon King invited him into his palace to preach the Dharma, but he did not consent. The king's request was so earnest and persistent that he stayed for three nights before emerging; not a single character of the Sanskrit manuscripts carried was dampened. His spiritual wonders were mostly of this sort.