Kuber Mantra
Overview
This mantra opens with a run of bīja (seed) syllables — Hreem, Shreem, Kreem, Shreem — before addressing Kuber directly, invoking Ashta-Lakshmi, and asking that the reciter’s home be filled with wealth. In Hindu tradition, Kuber is held to be the treasurer of the gods and a guardian associated with the north, and this verse pairs him with Ashta-Lakshmi, the eight traditional forms of the goddess Lakshmi.
Origin and source
Kuber (also spelled Kubera) is traditionally identified in Hindu literature as king of the Yakshas and one of the Lokapalas, the guardian deities of the cardinal directions, holding the north and its association with wealth. Ashta-Lakshmi, “the eight Lakshmis,” refers to eight forms of the goddess Lakshmi that different devotional sources connect to different kinds of abundance — material wealth, grain, courage, and so on — though the exact eight named vary somewhat between sources, so no single fixed list is given here.
The mantra strings four bīja syllables together (Hreem, Shreem, Kreem, Shreem, with Shreem repeated) before addressing Kuberāya in the dative, then names Ashta-Lakshmi and asks, in the imperative repeated twice (“puraya puraya”), that the reciter’s home be filled with wealth. This bīja-plus-name-plus-request structure is a recognizable pattern in Shakta and tantric devotional verses more broadly. The site is not aware of one settled canonical source for this exact combined phrase; it is presented here as a traditional Shakta salutation-and-request verse addressed to Kuber.
Word-by-word meaning
| Sanskrit | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ॐ | oṃ | Om — the primordial syllable, opening the mantra |
| ह्रीं | hrīṃ | a bīja (seed) syllable commonly associated with māyā/the Goddess broadly in tantric usage |
| श्रीं | śrīṃ | a bīja syllable commonly associated with śrī — grace and abundance; it recurs a second time later in the verse |
| क्रीं | krīṃ | a bīja syllable used in Shakta and tantric practice, here strung alongside the other seed sounds |
| कुबेराय | kuberāya | to Kuber (dative, direct address) |
| अष्ट-लक्ष्मी | aṣṭa-lakṣmī | "eight Lakshmis" — the goddess Lakshmi in eight forms, traditionally understood as eight different kinds of abundance |
| मम | mama | my |
| गृहे | gṛhe | in the house (locative) |
| धनं | dhanaṃ | wealth (accusative) |
| पुरय | puraya | fill (imperative); repeated for emphasis |
| नमः | namaḥ | salutation, homage |
Meaning of the whole
Read as a whole, the verse opens with Om and a run of bīja sounds before turning to Kuberāya — “to Kuber.” It then invokes Ashta-Lakshmi, the eight traditional forms of the goddess of abundance, and asks that they fill (“puraya puraya”) the reciter’s home (mama gṛhe) with wealth (dhanaṃ), closing with namaḥ. Unlike a mantra that is purely a salutation, this verse’s own words include a direct request — that is simply what the verse says, not a claim this site makes about what reciting it will bring about.
How it is recited
This mantra is generally recited on a mala, one repetition per bead, most often in rounds of 108. It draws on the same Ashta-Lakshmi imagery found in other Lakshmi-related verses in the tradition, such as Om Shreem Hreem Kleem Mahalakshmyai Namah, while addressing Kuber specifically as the deity traditionally linked with guardianship of wealth.