Dhanada is one among the numerous names of Kubera, the god
of wealth. He gets this name as he is the Hindu God associated with money,
wealth and material possessions. Another similar name of Kuber is Dhaneshvara.
Dhana means wealth.
It must be noted that Dhanada do not bless devotes with
wealth but he is believed to be the deity who distributes wealth wisely among
the desired devotees and protects it.
As per Puranas, Dhanada is also the leader of Yakshas.
He lost an eye due to a curse by Goddess Parvati. Dhanada
performed intense austerities and pleased Shiva and Goddess Parvati. The divine
couple appeared before him. Dhanada was astounded by the splendor and beauty of
Goddess Parvati who was bedecked with jewels. Goddess Parvati mistook Kubera’s
staring for evil intention and she cursed that let one of his eyes burst.
Dhanada was now left with one eye and he explained that he
had no evil intention and he had stared as he had not seen such fine gold
jewelry before.
Goddess Parvati realized her mistake and
immediately the one eye that Dhanada had lost grew but remained smaller than
the other one.