What is the purpose of Server.MapPath method in Asp.Net?

In Asp.Net Server.MapPath method maps the specified relative or

virtual path to the corresponding physical path on the server.
Server.MapPath takes a path as a parameter and returns the
physical location on the hard drive. 

Syntax 
Suppose your Text files are located at
D:\project\MyProject\Files\TextFiles 

If the root project directory is MyProject and the aspx file is located
at root then to get the same path use code 

/* physical path of TextFiles */

string TextFilePath=Server.MapPath("Files/TextFiles");