Shabdabrahmaikaparage (शब्दब्रह्मैकपारग, IAST: Śabdabrahmaikapāraga) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He who has crossed to the sole shore of Shabdabrahman”. From śabda (sound/word), brahman (ultimate reality), eka (one/sole), and pāraga (one who has crossed over), this epithet proclaims Viṣṇu as the supreme master who has completely traversed the ocean of sacred sound-knowledge.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The compound śabdabrahman refers to the Vedic understanding of ultimate reality as manifest through sacred sound — the primordial vibration from which all creation arises. The suffix pāraga, meaning 'one who has gone to the other shore,' evokes the imagery of crossing a vast ocean of learning, suggesting that Viṣṇu alone has reached the far bank of this limitless wisdom. This name thus celebrates the Lord as the sole being who fully comprehends and embodies the sacred science of transcendent sound.

This majestic compound epithet belongs to Viṣṇu in the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma, honoring His absolute mastery over the Vedic tradition of sacred sound. As a given name it is phonetically complex and is best suited to scholarly or devotional contexts; a shorter form such as Pāraga may be used conversationally.

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Scriptural source

Shabdabrahmaikaparage 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, Shabdabrahmaikaparage aligns with the Hasta nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.