Ashtapad ke “sopan” 8 hote hain. “Ashtapad” ka arth hi hota hai: Ashta (8) + Pad (sopan/paudiyan). Paramparā ke anusār Bharat Chakravarti ne Rishabhdev Bhagwān ke nirvāṇ-smṛti mandir tak pahunchne ke liye 8 sopan banvāye the; isi se is tirth ka nām “Ashtapad” pada.