大唐西域記 9.23

9.23

山城北門西有毘布羅山，聞之土俗曰：山西南崖陰，昔有五百溫泉，今者數十而已，然猶有冷有暖，未盡溫也。其泉源發雪山之南無熱惱池，潛流至此，水甚清美，味同本池。流經五百枝小熱地獄，火熱上炎，致斯溫熱。泉流之口，並皆彫石，或作師子、白象之首，或作石筒懸流之道，下乃編石為池。諸方異域咸來此浴，浴者宿疾多差。溫泉左右諸窣堵波及精舍，基址鱗次，並是過去四佛坐及經行遺迹之所。此處既山水相帶，仁智攸居，隱淪之士蓋亦多矣。

The streams (from the lake) are five hundred in number (branches), and as they pass by the lesser underground fire-abodes (hells), the power of the flames ascending causes the water to be hot. At the mouths of the various hot springs there are placed carved stones, sometimes shaped like lions, and at other times as the heads of white elephants; sometimes stone conduits are constructed, through which the water flows on high (aqueducts), whilst below there are stone basins, in which the water collects like a pond. Here people of every region come, and from every city, to bathe; those who suffer from any disease are often cured. On the right and left of the warm springs are many stūpas and the remains of vihāras close together. In all these places the four past Buddhas have sat and walked, and the traces of their so doing are still left. These spots being surrounded by mountains and supplied with water, men of conspicuous virtue and wisdom take up their abode here, and there are many hermits who live here also in peace and solitude.

By the side of the vihara there are several stone houses, where Sariputra and other great Arhats entered Samadhi. In front of the stone house of Sariputra is a great well, dry and waterless. The hollow (shaft) still remains. To the north-east of the vihara, in the middle of a rocky stream, is a large and flat stone. Here Tathagata dried his Kashaya garment. The traces of the tissue of the robe still remain, as though they were cut out on the rock. By the side of this, and upon a rock, is a foot-trace of Buddha. Although the "wheel" outline is somewhat obscure, yet it can be distinctly traced. On the top of the northern mountain is a stupa. From this point Tathagata beheld the town of Magadha, and for seven days explained the law. To the west of the north gate of the mountain city is the mountain called Pi-pu-lo (Vipula-giri). According to the common report of the country it is said, "On the northern side of the south-western crags of this mountain there were formerly five hundred warm springs; now there are only some ten or so; but some of these are warm and others cold, but none of them hot." These springs have their origin to the south of the Snowy Mountains from the Anavatapta (Wu-jeh-no-c'hi) lake, and flowing underground, burst forth here. The water is very sweet and pure, and the taste is like that of the water of the lake.