Exact location of Shree Rama janma-bhoomi in Skanda Purana

Skanda Purana describes many teertha locations of Ayodhya in a vivid manner. It gives the exact local directions leading to Shree Rama’s janmabhoomi (birth spot). This is an accurate match with the equivalent present-day locations in Ayodhya.

Ancient Ayodhya’s teertha description from Skanda Purana 2.8.1-10	Present-day Ayodhya’s location in the corresponding direction, an exact match
Chakra teertha and Vishnuhari	Chakra teerth ghat
East of Chakra teertha is Brahma kunda	Brahma-kund Gurudwara
Northeast of Brahma kunda is Rnmochana	Rinmochana ghat
Near Rnmochana is Papamochana ghat	Papamochana ghat nearby
East of Papamochana is Sahasradhara or Lakshmana teertha	Lakshman ghat
Lakshmana merges with Adi- Shesha, the divine serpent	Sheshavatara temple
Ascension of God Rama from Swarga dwara	Swargdwar ghat
Near Swarga dwara is Chandrahari, to its southeast is Dharmahari, to its south is swarna-khani and to its south is confluence of Sarayu and Tilodaki	Chandrahari is near Swargdwar, and there is a confluence of Sarayu River and a small stream on Google maps
West of this confluence is Seeta kunda	Seeta-kund, east of Vidya-kund and Mani Parvat
West of Vishnu-Hari is Chakra-Hari	Chakra-Hari on yatra map
Near Chakra-Hari is Gupta-Hari. 3 yojana west of Gupta-Hari is confluence of Sarayu and Gharghara	Guptar ghat, and confluence of Rivers Sharda and Ghaggar
Northwest of Seeta kunda is Kshirodaka where Dasharatha did putreshti yagnya	Dashrath mahal
Southwest of Kshirodaka is Brihaspati kunda, then south is Rukmini kunda, then Northwest is Dhana-yaksha, treasurer of King Harishachandra, then north is Vasishtha kunda	Brihaspati kund on yatra map; Guru Vashishtha Dharamshala on Google map
West of Vasishtha kunda is Sagar kunda, then southwest is Yogini kunda, then east is Urvashi kunda, then south is Ghosarka kunda, then west is Rati kunda, then west is Kusumayuddha kunda	Kushmayudha kund on yatra map
West of Kusumayuddha kunda is Mantreshwar Shivalinga temple	God Shiva temple
North of Mantreshwar temple are Goddesses Sitladevi, Bandi and Chudaki	There seems to be 3 mosques here
East of Goddess Chudaki temple is Maharatna teertha	Mani Parvat, meaning mountain of emeralds
Southwest of Maharatna teertha are 2 lakes Durbhara and Mahabhara	Durbharsar on yatra map
Northeast of Durbhara is Mahavidya kunda	Vidya kund on yatra map
Dughdeshwar Mahadeva temple	Durgeshwar Mahadev temple
On the eastern side is Taponidhi teertha, then to its west is Hanumat kunda, then further west is Vibhishana saras (pond)	Hanumat Garhi temple; Vibhishan kund
Many teertha near River Tamasa including Bharata kunda at Nandigrama	Bharat-kund near Nandigram
North of these places is Veera Gaja (elephant) teertha	Mata-gajendra
South of Veera teertha is Lanka’s Surasa Rakshasa fort who came to defend Ayodhya; to the west of Surasa is Pindraka, then west is Vighneshwar	Sugreeva tila (fort)
Northeast of Vighneshwar, north of Vasishtha kunda, and west of Lomasha ashrama, is Shree Rama janmabhoomi. Reachingthis pious place one can achieve moksha (salvation).	To the north of Vasishtha Dharmashala, and west of Ram Gulela temple (Lomasha Muni ashram) is Shree Rama janma-bhoomi

The literary source describes Shree Rama’s palace walls enclosing most of the tirtha like Dasharatha mahal, Sita kund, Brahma kund, Vasishtha kund, Brihaspati kund, Hanumat kund, Vibhishan kund, Lomasha Rishi tirtha, Dughdeshwar Mahadeva temple and swarna-khani. The exact location of Shree Rama janmabhoomi described by Skanda Purana very accurately matches with the archaeological evidence found by ASI at the site in Ayodhya.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India passed an order for construction of a temple at the exact location of Shree Rama janmabhoomi. The judgment referred to Skanda Purana 60 times. The order was also based on Archaeological Survey of India’s survey reports and ground penetrating radar reports. The SC order can be downloaded here.