三寶感應要略錄 3.43

3.43

如此破壞十八泥梨已。攝化而為說法。次入餓鬼城。右手流五百河。左手流五百河。於虛空中。而雨甘露。一切飽滿。而為說法。又復入畜生。以智光明。破愚癡心。而為說法。三塗在一時中。尸利密多。見此希有事。自畫像緣。彫石而注。其靈像者。即是此緣也（私云。此事希奇。自非大聖嚴旨難思。晚撿新譯大乘寶王經。有此利生相。更勘彼文。今欲勸像造。且錄傳之云云。今亦云。唐尸羅比丘。弘始年中。到南天竺之密多羅菩薩遺跡觀世音寺云是）。

Having thus destroyed the eighteen naraka hells, he gathered and transformed them, preaching the Dharma for them. Next he entered the hungry ghost cities; from his right hand flowed five hundred rivers, and from his left hand flowed five hundred rivers, and in the sky he rained down sweet dew, so that all were fully satisfied, and he preached the Dharma for them. Furthermore, he entered among the animals, and with the light of wisdom broke their minds of ignorance, and preached the Dharma for them. The three wretched realms [were delivered] in a single instant. Śrīmitra, seeing this extraordinary event, personally painted the circumstances of the statue and inscribed them in carved stone. As for that efficacious statue, it is this very event. (The compiler notes: This matter is extraordinary; unless it were the solemn command of the Great Sage, it is inconceivable. Later, examining the newly translated Mahāyāna-kāraṇḍavyūha-sūtra, there is this manifestation of benefiting sentient beings; I have further compared it with that text. Wishing now to encourage the making of statues, I record this tradition for the time being. It is also said nowadays: In the Hongshi era, the Tang bhikṣu Śīla went to South India to the Avalokiteśvara Monastery at the site of Bodhisattva Mitra, and it was said to be this.)