Kubera’s Family Tree

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Family

• Ilavida(parent),Vishravas(parent)— Marriage

  The sage Vishravas wed Ilavida, daughter of Bharadvaja, and fathered Kubera, who would become lord of Lanka and god of wealth before his half-brother Ravana seized both his kingdom and his flying chariot Pushpaka.

• Manigriva(child),Nalakubara(child)

  Kubera fathered Nalakubara and Manigriva, two sons whose arrogance led to Narada's curse — they were transformed into twin arjuna trees in Gokula, standing rooted until the child Krishna crawled between them and tore them from the earth.

Enemy of

• Ravana

  Ravana overthrew his half-brother Kubera, seizing Lanka and the Pushpaka Vimana by force.

Rules over

• Lanka

  Kubera, the god of wealth, was Lanka's original ruler and master. He governed the golden island with justice and prosperity until his half-brother Ravana, armed with Brahma's boons, drove him out and seized both the city and the Pushpaka Vimana.

• Yakshas

  Kubera is king of the Yakshas, ruling them from his golden city of Alaka on Mount Kailash. The Yakshas serve as his attendants and guard his vast treasures.

Member of

• Ashta Dikpalas

  The Ashta Dikpalas are the eight deities who guard the cardinal and intercardinal directions in Hindu cosmology, assigned in the Puranas to protect the world from each quarter.

• Yakshas

  The Yakshas count among their most prominent members Kubera, lord of wealth who reigns as their king from golden Alaka, and Manibhadra, the foremost warrior-general who commands their hosts.

Equivalent to

• Bishamonten(Japanese),Duowen Tianwang(Chinese),Jambhala(Tibetan),Vaisravana(Buddhist)

  Bishamonten, Vaishravana, Kubera, Duowen Tianwang, and Jambhala are forms of the same wealth-guardian deity transmitted across Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan traditions — the divine protector of the northern quarter who carries a pagoda and dispenses treasures.

Associated with

• Ganesha

  Kubera invited Shiva's family to a grand feast to display his boundless wealth. Ganesha devoured everything — all the food, the golden plates, the furniture — and was about to swallow Kubera himself before the terrified god of wealth fled to Shiva for protection.

• Kailash

  After Ravana drove Kubera from Lanka, the god of wealth built his golden city of Alaka on the slopes near Kailash, becoming Shiva's neighbor and earning a place among the Dikpalas from his northern seat beside the sacred mountain.