Saṅkarṣiṇīpati (संकर्षिणीपति, IAST: saṅkarṣiṇīpati) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Lord and consort of Saṅkarṣiṇī Śakti”. From saṅkarṣiṇī (the power that draws all things together, related to Saṅkarṣaṇa/Balarāma) and pati (lord, husband, master), this name honours Viṣṇu as the supreme master of the cosmic śakti that gathers and absorbs all creation back into its source.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Saṅkarṣiṇī is the divine energy associated with Saṅkarṣaṇa, the second of the four vyūhas (cosmic emanations) of Viṣṇu, wielding the power of contraction, integration, and return. As pati of this śakti, Viṣṇu is declared the sovereign of the entire process by which the manifold universe is drawn back toward unity. The name thus encompasses both the expansive creation and the inward pull that prevents it from fragmenting into chaos.

This epithet is found in Pāñcarātra texts celebrating the vyūha theology of Vaiṣṇavism. Pati as a standalone suffix appears in many Vaiṣṇava given names; the full compound Saṅkarṣiṇīpati is liturgical rather than a personal name.

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Scriptural source

Saṅkarṣiṇīpati 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, Saṅkarṣiṇīpati aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.