經律異相 1.77

1.77

摩醯首羅天（梁言大自在）又名淨居。過五淨居而有八處皆悉虛寂。是十住大士之所住處。法雲菩薩多作此天王。形有八臂三眼騎大白牛。大雲降雨雨大千界。一切眾生無能知數。唯此天王獨能知之（涅槃經云如人供養摩醯首羅當知是人已供養一切諸天樓炭經云光音天以上無有王出大智論第二卷）。

Maheśvara heaven (in Liang language: 'Great Sovereign'), also named Pure Abode. Passing beyond the five Pure Abodes there are eight places, all of which are empty and silent. This is the dwelling place of the Mahāsattvas of the ten abodes. Bodhisattvas of the Dharma Cloud stage often become the king of this heaven. In form, he has eight arms and three eyes, and rides a great white bull. When a great cloud pours down rain upon the great trichiliocosm, no sentient being can know the count [of drops]; only this heavenly king alone is able to know it (the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'If a person makes offerings to Maheśvara, know that this person has made offerings to all the devas.' The Loutan jing says: 'Above the Ābhāsvara heaven there is no king.' From the second fascicle of the Da zhidu lun).