Marubhuti Jainism ke pramukh charitraon mein se ek hain, jo ki Shri Shantinath Bhagwan ke kalyaanak ke samay ki kathayon mein milte hain. Marubhuti Shri Shantinath Bhagwan ke bhai the. Unki pramukh katha yeh hai ki unke dusre bhai, Mahapadma, unke dwara diya gaya vishesh vastu (Ratnamani) lene ke liye Marubhuti ke pass gaye the. Mahapadma ne lobh (greed) ke karan Marubhuti ko maar diya tha, taki vah Ratnamani prapt kar sake.

Is ghatna ka uddeshya yeh dikhana tha ki kaise lobh aur asatya vritti se paap hota hai, aur kis prakar ahimsa, satya aur aparigrah ki palana karni chahiye. Jain dharm mein is katha ko atma-gyan, aparigrah aur kshama ki mahima samjhane ke liye bataya jata hai.