Kubera also known as Kuvera, Kuber or Kuberan, is the god of wealth and the god-king of the semi-divine Yakshas in Hindu culture.He is regarded as the regent of the North (Dikpala), and a protector of the world (Lokapala). His many epithets extol him as the overlord of numerous semi-divine species and the owner of the treasures of the world. Kubera is often depicted with a plump body, adorned with jewels, and carrying a money-pot and a club. Originally described as the chief of evil spirits in Vedic-era texts, Kubera acquired the status of a Deva (god) only in the Puranas and the Hindu epics.
The scriptures describe that Kubera once ruled Lanka, but was overthrown by his half-brother Ravana, later settling in the city of Alaka in the Himalayas. Descriptions of the "glory" and "splendours" of Kubera's city are found in many scriptures. Kubera has also been assimilated into the Buddhist and Jain pantheons. In Buddhism, he is known as Vaisravana, the patronymic used of the Hindu Kubera and is also equated with Pancika, while in Jainism, he is known as Sarvanubhuti. Kubera is often depicted as a dwarf, with complexion of lotus leaves and a big belly.
He is described as having three legs, only eight teeth, one eye, and being adorned with jewels. He is sometimes depicted riding a man.The description of deformities like the broken teeth, three legs, three heads and four arms appear only in the later Puranic texts. Kubera holds a mace, a pomegranate or a money bag in his hand.He may also carry a sheaf of jewels or a mongoose with him. In Tibet, the mongoose is considered a symbol of Kubera's victory over Nagas the guardians of treasures.Kubera is usually depicted with a mongoose in Buddhist iconography. In the Vishnudharmottara Purana, Kubera is described as the embodiment of both Artha ("wealth, prosperity, glory") and Arthashastras, the treatises related to it—and his iconography mirrors it. Kubera's complexion is described as that of lotus leaves. He rides a man—the state personified, adorned in golden clothes and ornaments, symbolizing his wealth.
His left eye is yellow. He wears an armour and a necklace down to his large belly. The Vishnudharmottara Purana further describes his face to be inclined to the left, sporting a beard and mustache, and with two small tusks protruding from the ends of his mouth, representing his powers to punish and to bestow favours. His wife Riddhi, representing the journey of life, is seated on his left lap, with her left hand on the back of Kubera and the right holding a ratna-patra (jewel-pot). Kubera should be four-armed, holding a gada (mace: symbol of dandaniti administration of justice) and a shakti (power) in his left pair, and standards bearing a lion representing Artha and a shibika (a club, the weapon of Kubera). The nidhi treasures Padma and Shankha stand beside him in human form, with their heads emerging from a lotus and a conch respectively.
The Agni Purana states that Kubera should be installed in temples as seated on a goat, and with a club in his hand.Kubera's image is prescribed to be that of gold, with multi-coloured attributes.In some sources, especially in Jain depictions, Kubera is depicted as a drunkard, signified by the "nectar vessel" in his hand. Bhadra: In Hinduism, the word Bhadra refers to multiple deities The wife of Kubera, Chandra's daughter, Krishna's wife, sister of Krishna and Balabhadra, a mountain and a companion (Ashtanayika) of Goddess Durga. Kubera Wife: Bhadra also referred to as Yakshi, Chhavi, Riddhi, Manorama, Nidhi,Sahadevi and Kuberi, is the goddess of auspiciousness, described as the wife of demigod, Kubera. She was a daughter of the Asura named Mura. Bhadra and Kubera had three sons named Nalakuvara, Manigriva and Mayuraja, and a daughter named Minakshi.
Later she moved to Alkapuri with her husband after Ravana invaded and captured Lanka, which is present day Sri Lanka. Chandra’s Daughter: In another account, Bhadra is a daughter of Chandra and was married to a sage named Utathya. The god Varuna, who had formerly been enamoured of her, carried her off from Utathya's hermitage, and would not give her up to Narada, who was sent to bring her back. Utathya, greatly enraged, drank up all the sea, still, Varuna would not let her go. At the desire of Utathya, the lake of Varuna was then dried up and the ocean swept away. The saint then addressed himself to the countries and to the river: "Saraswati, disappear into the deserts, and let this land, deserted by them, become impure." "After the country had become dried up, Varuna submitted himself to Utathya and brought back Bhadra.
The sage was pleased to get her back, and released both the world and Varuna from their sufferings." Krishnas Wife: Bhadra is one of the Ashtabharya, the eight principal queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, according to the scripture Bhagavata Purana. She is named in the Bhagavat Purana as being the eighth wife of Krishna and identified as being his cross(not parallel) cousin (her mother being a sister of his father). The Vishnu Purana and the Harivamsa refer to her as 'the daughter of Dhrishtaketu' or 'the princess of Kekeya'. Vyushitaswa’s Wife: Bhadra (or Vadra) was the daughter of Kakshivat and the wife of Puru king Vyushitaswa. When her husband died leaving no sons she intended of killing herself to follow her husband to the land of death. But at this moment an incorporeal voice said her to have intercourse with the corpse of her husband on the eighth and fourteenth day of the moon. She followed the guidance and after the catamenial bath she had intercourse with the corpse, as a result of which were born seven sons - four Madras and three Salwas.