gayashir gaya ke nikat sthit ek paha di ka nam hai. is paha di ka ullekh mahabharat, vanaparv[1] mean bhi hua hai.
- is sthan ko mahattvapoorn tirth bhi mana gaya hai. yahaan shraddh tatha pindadan adi karane se akshay phal ki prapti hoti hai.[2]
- paandavoan ne apane vanavas kal mean gaya ki yatra ki thi.
- yatra karate hue paandav 'gayashir' kshetr mean bhi pahuanche the, jahaan unhoanne 'charmurmasy yajn' kar brahmanoan ko bahut-si dakshina di.
- gayashir paha di sanbhavat: gaya ki vishnupad namak paha di ho sakati hai.