초창기 선찰사는 임하현에서 6.68㎞ 떨어진 약산(藥山) 동쪽, 물길이 휘돌아 돌고 왼쪽은 절벽으로 막혀 있으며 앞으로는 독산이 마주한 곳에 터를 잡고 있었다는 기록이 『영가지(永嘉誌)』에 남아 전한다.
According to "Yeonggaji," a record of the early Seonchalsa Temple, which was in the east of Yaksan, 6.68km away from Imha-hyeon, the waterway turned and the left side was blocked by cliffs, and the site was located in the face of Doksan Mountain.