Samasthanarakitrata (समस्तनारकित्राता, IAST: Samasтanārakitrātā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Savior of all beings tormented in hell”. Samasta (all), nāraka (inhabitants of naraka/hell), and trātā (protector/savior) combine to reveal Vishnu as the compassionate redeemer who delivers every suffering soul from the lowest realms.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The name is built from samasta (entire, all-encompassing), nāraka (pertaining to naraka, the planes of suffering), and trātā (one who saves, from the root trā meaning to protect or rescue), declaring Vishnu's boundless compassion that reaches even into the most wretched of existences. No soul, however burdened by karma, lies beyond His saving grace, for His redemptive power is described here as all-encompassing. This epithet is especially cherished in traditions that emphasize Vishnu's role as the ultimate refuge for the fallen.

Vishnu bears this title in acknowledgment of His grace that descends even into the narakas to liberate souls; the length of the compound makes it better suited to liturgical recitation than to everyday use as a personal name.

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Scriptural source

Samasthanarakitrata appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Samasthanarakitrata aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.