Shankar Lal Shastri (1902–1946) was a Gujarati literary critic, short-story writer, and professor of Sanskrit and Gujarati at Bahauddin College, Junagadh. He explored the theme of the environment in Sanskrit literature in his work "संस्कृत वाङ्मय में पर्यावरण" (Environment in Sanskrit Language). Shastri also authored "राजस्थान के संस्कृत कृतिकार" (Sanskrit Writers Of Rajasthan) and "संस्कृत सूक्ति वैभवम्" (Sanskrit Sukti Vaibhavam).