佛說觀佛三昧海經 6.43

6.43

爾時會中有菩薩摩訶薩，名曰持地，即從座起，入首楞嚴三昧，三昧力故從金剛際，金剛為輪、金剛為根、金剛為花，花花相次出閻浮提。時四龍王：難陀、跋難陀、阿耨達多、娑伽羅龍王等，各持七寶詣持地所，奉上七寶，為佛世尊作三道寶階，左白銀、右頗梨、中黃金。從閻浮提金剛地際上忉利宮，一一寶階七重欄楯，是諸欄楯百億寶成，百億光明；一一光明百億寶花；一一花中無量樂器自然踊出。爾時持地以恒河沙七寶蓮華敷佛蹈處，於階道側竪諸寶幢，無量寶幡懸其幢頭，百億寶蓋彌覆其上，忉利諸天雨曼陀羅華、摩訶曼陀羅華、曼殊沙華、摩訶曼殊沙華，嚴飾其間。時梵天王手擎香爐，與萬梵俱侍立階側；一一香烟如琉璃雲，彌滿虛空，於其雲中百千妓樂不鼓自鳴。難陀龍等，持海此岸栴檀末香漫散道中，香光上出如金光焰，高一多羅樹化為金臺：無量諸天，持天瓔珞嚴飾階道，如是供具不可稱計。

At that time, there was in the assembly a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named Dharaṇīṃdhara (Earth Holder). He rose from his seat and entered the śūraṅgama-samādhi. Through the power of the samādhi, from the vajra-boundary, with vajra as the wheel, vajra as the root, and vajra as the flower, flowers emerged one after another out of Jambudvīpa. At that time, the four dragon kings—Nanda, Upananda, Anavatapta, and Sāgara—each holding the seven treasures, went to Dharaṇīṃdhara's presence and presented the seven treasures, fashioning for the Buddha, the Bhagavat, a three-tiered jewel staircase: silver on the left, crystal on the right, and gold in the middle. Stretching from the vajra earth-boundary of Jambudvīpa up to the Trāyastriṃśa palace, each jewel staircase had seven tiers of balustrades. These balustrades were formed of ten billion jewels and had ten billion beams of light; in each beam of light were ten billion jeweled flowers, and within each flower immeasurable musical instruments naturally surged forth. At that time, Dharaṇīṃdhara spread jeweled lotus flowers as numerous as the sands of the Ganges where the Buddha would tread. Along the sides of the staircase path, he erected jeweled banners, with immeasurable jeweled pennants hanging from the tops of the banners, and ten billion jeweled canopies covering them from above. The devas of Trāyastriṃśa rained down māndarāva flowers, mahāmāndarāva flowers, mañjūṣaka flowers, and mahāmañjūṣaka flowers, adorning the space between. Then the Brahmā King, holding an incense burner in his hands, together with ten thousand Brahmās, stood in attendance by the side of the stairs. Each stream of incense smoke was like a cloud of lapis lazuli, filling the empty sky, and within the clouds hundreds of thousands of musical instruments played of themselves without being struck. The dragons headed by Nanda took candana powder from this shore of the ocean and scattered it upon the path. The fragrance and light rose upward like flames of golden light, transforming into a golden terrace the height of a tāla tree. Immeasurable devas held heavenly necklaces to adorn the staircase path; such offerings were beyond count.