Kubera Ashtottara Shatanamavali — Benefits & How to Chant
कुबेर अष्टोत्तरशतनामावली
Complete guide to chanting correctly for maximum benefit
Benefits of Chanting Kubera Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Invokes all 108 aspects of Kubera, the cosmic treasurer, for wealth and abundance
Recited for financial stability, business growth, debt relief and prosperity
Especially powerful on Dhanteras, Diwali, Akshaya Tritiya and Thursdays
Each name meditated upon strengthens the connection to the source of divine wealth
Believed to remove obstacles to earning and to bless the home with lasting fortune
Cultivates the generosity and dharmic use of wealth that Kubera himself embodies
How to Chant Kubera Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Instructions
Face north, the direction Kubera guards. Light a ghee lamp and place a Kubera yantra or coins before his image. Recite all 108 names, ideally offering a flower or akshata (unbroken rice) at each name, or counting once through on a mala. Conclude with the Kubera mula mantra. For a focused 40-day sadhana, recite the full namavali once daily; on Dhanteras, recite it before the Lakshmi-Kubera puja for the year's prosperity.
Spiritual Significance
Tradition relates that Kubera's treasury is inexhaustible: however much he gives away, the nine nidhis replenish it. Devotees who recite his hundred and eight names with steady faith, especially on Dhanteras, are said to find blocked finances suddenly flowing again, as the lord of the north opens his ever-full storehouse to the sincere.
Origin & History
Source: Puranic / Tantric tradition (Ashtottara-shatanama of Kubera)
Author: Traditional (Vedic-Puranic lineage)
Kubera was a great ascetic, grandson of Pulastya and son of Vishravana, who through long austerities to Lord Brahma earned the guardianship of all divine wealth, lordship over the Yakshas and Guhyakas, the rule of the golden city Alaka, the flying Pushpaka Vimana, and the post of regent of the northern direction. A close friend and devotee of Shiva, he dwells near Kailasa. His one hundred and eight names gather these epithets — Dhanada, Nidhisha, Yakshesha, Alakadhipati and the rest — into a single garland of praise used in his worship for prosperity.