Ashtāpada is mentioned in key Jain texts like the Triloka Paṇṇatti, a semi-canonical work on Jain cosmology and geography, and in narrative texts such as the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Charitra, which recounts the lives of 63 great figures in Jain universal history—from the first Jina, Rishabha, to Mahāvīra. These texts document the sacred places where the Jinas performed their major spiritual feats, and their stories have been told and retold since the earliest canonical periods.