Kuber Ji Ki Katha

Kuber Dev ki katha ke anusar wo dhan, vaibhav aur khajane ke devta maane jate hain aur unhe devtaon ka koshadhyaksh bhi kaha jata hai. Purano ke anusar Kuber ji Maharishi Vishrava ke putra the aur Ravan ke sautelay bhai maane jate hain. Bachpan se hi Kuber ji ka swabhav shant, dharmik aur bhakti bhara tha. Unhone kathor tapasya karke Brahma ji ko prasann kiya. Unki tapasya se khush hokar Brahma ji ne unhe dhan ka devta, uttar disha ka dikpal aur sabhi khajanon ka swami bana diya. Sath hi unhe sone ki Lanka aur Pushpak viman bhi prapt hua. Kuber ji nyaypriya aur dharm ka palan karne wale raja the. Unki Lanka sone ki bani hui thi aur bahut sundar aur samriddh mani jati thi. Lekin dheere dheere Ravan ko apni shakti par ahankar ho gaya aur usne balpurvak Lanka aur Pushpak viman Kuber ji se cheen liya. Iske baad Kuber ji Kailash parvat ke paas Alkapuri me rehne lage aur Bhagwan Shiv ki bhakti karne lage. Shiv ji unki bhakti se bahut prasann hue aur unhe apna priya bhakt bana liya. Ek prasiddh katha ke anusar ek baar Kuber ji ko apne dhan par bahut ahankar ho gaya. Unhone Bhagwan Shiv aur Mata Parvati ko bhojan ke liye bulaya taki wo apna vaibhav dikha saken. Shiv ji ne unka ahankar samajh liya aur apne putra Ganesh ji ko bhej diya. Ganesh ji ne itna bhojan kiya ki Kuber ji ke saare bhandar khali hone lage lekin unki bhookh khatam nahi hui. Tab Kuber ji ghabra kar Shiv ji ke paas gaye. Shiv ji ne unhe samjhaya ki dhan ka kabhi ahankar nahi karna chahiye aur vinamrata hi sabse bada dhan hai. Iske baad Kuber ji ka ahankar toot gaya. Aaj bhi Deepawali aur Dhanteras ke din Lakshmi Mata ke saath Kuber Dev ki pooja ki jati hai. Mana jata hai ki unki kripa se ghar me dhan, sukh aur samriddhi bani rehti hai. Unki katha hume sikhati hai ki dhan ka sahi upyog dharm, daan aur achhe kaam ke liye karna chahiye.