佛說觀佛三昧海經 5.14

5.14

佛告阿難：「云何名十八寒地獄？寒地獄者：八方氷山，山十八鬲；復有十八諸小氷山，如頗梨色。此等寒氷滿氷山間，如凡蓮華，高十八由旬，上有氷輪，縱廣正等十二由旬，如天雨雹從空而下。世間自有無慈心者，劫奪無道抄盜剝脫凍殺眾生。此人罪報，欲命終時，一切刀風化為熱火，罪人作念：『我今云何不臥氷上？』為火所逼作是念時，獄卒羅剎手執氷輪，如白鶴翔躡虛而至，罪人見已除熱清涼，心便愛念，氣絕命終生氷山上。既生之後，十八氷山如以扇扇，一切寒氷從毛孔入，十八鬲中遍滿一鬲，剖裂擗坼如赤蓮華，氷輪上下遍覆其身，八方氷山一時俱合，更無餘辭，但言阿羅囉。爾時罪人即作是念：『我於何時，當免寒氷生熱火中？』

The Buddha said to Ānanda: "What are called the eighteen cold hells? As for the cold hells: in the eight directions there are ice mountains, with eighteen compartments per mountain; furthermore, there are eighteen minor ice mountains, colored like crystal. Such cold ice fills the spaces between the ice mountains like ordinary lotus flowers, eighteen yojanas high; above them are ice wheels, twelve yojanas in length and breadth, falling from the sky like hail raining from heaven. In the world there are naturally those who lack compassion, who violently rob, pillage, plunder, strip people bare, and freeze sentient beings to death. As the retribution for such a person's sins, when their life is about to end, all the knife-winds transform into blazing fire. The sinner thinks: 'Why do I not now lie upon ice?' Pressed by the fire, as they form this thought, the rākṣasa hell-wardens hold ice wheels and tread the air, arriving like white cranes in flight. Seeing them, the sinner feels the heat dispelled and a sense of cool relief; love and desire arise in their mind, and when their breath ceases and life ends, they are born upon an ice mountain. After being born, the eighteen ice mountains seem to fan them as with fans; all the cold ice enters through their pores, filling one compartment out of the eighteen compartments. They crack open and split apart like red lotus flowers; ice wheels above and below cover their bodies completely. The ice mountains of the eight directions crash together simultaneously; they can utter no other words, only crying out, 'Aṭ-aṭa!' At that time, the sinner immediately has this thought: 'When shall I escape this cold ice and be born amidst hot fire?'