一则本生故事，讲述一位乐善好施的婆罗门 Saṅkha 出海前以鞋履与伞供养一位独觉佛，船遇海难后禁食虔修七日，终获海神 Maṇimekhalā 救起并赐予满载财宝之船。

A birth-story about a wealthy, charitable brahmin named Saṅkha who, after honouring a Pacceka Buddha with his shoes and umbrella before a sea voyage, survived a shipwreck through seven days of fasting devotion and was rescued with a treasure-laden ship by the goddess Maṇimekhalā.

另一则同名本生故事，讲述婆罗门 Saṅkha 为寻访儿子 Susīma 远赴波罗奈，得知儿子已成年少的独觉佛并已去世，他悉心整理其舍利塔，后来佛陀行经同一路途时因此获得殊胜礼遇。

A different birth-story sharing the name Saṅkha, about a brahmin father who journeyed to Bārāṇasī in search of his son Susīma, learned the boy had become a Pacceka Buddha and died young, and tended his memorial shrine with such devotion that the Buddha later received extraordinary honours on the same road.