宋高僧傳 2.7

2.7

于時畏周行大荒，遍禮聖迹，不憚艱險。凡所履處，皆三返焉。又入雞足山，為迦葉剃頭，受觀音摩頂。甞結夏於靈鷲，有猛獸前導，深入山穴。穴明如晝，見牟尼像，左右侍者如生焉。時中印度大旱，請畏求雨。俄見觀音在日輪中，手執軍持注水於地。時眾欣感，得未曾有。復鍛金如貝葉，寫《大般若經》。鎔中金為窣覩波，等佛身量焉。母以畏遊方日久，謂為已歿，旦夕泣淚而喪其明，洎附信問安，朗然如故。

At that time, Śubhakara traveled throughout the great wilderness, everywhere paying homage to holy sites, undeterred by hardship and peril. Everywhere he set foot, he visited three times. He also entered Mount Kukkuṭapāda, shaved the head of Kāśyapa, and received the laying on of hands on his crown from Avalokiteśvara. Once he spent the summer retreat on Gṛdhrakūṭa; a wild beast guided him forward, leading him deep into a mountain cave. The cave was as bright as day, and he saw an image of Śākyamuni, with attendants on left and right looking lifelike. At that time, Central India suffered a great drought, and they asked Śubhakara to pray for rain. Suddenly Avalokiteśvara was seen in the disc of the sun, holding a kuṇḍikā vase in hand and pouring water upon the earth. The assembly at that time rejoiced and felt resonance, obtaining what they had never experienced before. Furthermore, he forged gold like palm leaves and copied the Great Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. He melted gold to make a stupa equal in measure to the Buddha's body. Because Śubhakara had been traveling abroad for a long time, his mother thought he had already died; weeping morning and evening, she lost her sight, but when a letter arrived inquiring after her wellbeing, her eyes became clear as before.