The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 554

यज्ञाङ्गो यज्ञवाहनः ॥ ११७ ॥भूर्भुवःस्वःसमाख्यानि त्रीणि रूपाणि यस्येति भूर्भुवःस्वस्तरुः ।संसारसागरात्तारयतीति तारः ।सर्वस्य प्रसविता सविता ।पितामहस्यापि पिता प्रपितामहः ।यज्ञस्वरूपत्वात् यज्ञः ।यज्ञानां पतिर्यज्ञपतिः ।यज्ञेषु तिष्ठन् यज्वा ।यज्ञा अङ्गान्यस्येति वराहमूर्तिः यज्ञाङ्गः,

In plain words

Yajñāṅga and Yajñavāhana. He is called Bhūrbhuvaḥsvastaru because his three primary manifestations correspond to the three worlds of Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, and Svaḥ. He is Tāra because He carries beings safely across the turbulent ocean of saṃsāra. He is Savitā as the ultimate generator of all existence, and Prapitāmaha as the father even of Brahmā, the grandfather of creation. He is Yajña because His very essence is sacrifice, Yajñapati as the supreme master of all sacred rites, and Yajvā because He abides within every ritual. He is also known as Yajñāṅga in His divine Boar incarnation, whose cosmic limbs constitute the sacred sacrifices.

Close to the Sanskrit

Yajñāṅgaḥ, Yajñavāhanaḥ. 117. Bhūrbhuvaḥsvastaruḥ is so called because his three forms are named as the three worlds Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, and Svaḥ. Tāraḥ is so named because he ferries beings across the ocean of saṃsāra. Savitā is the procreator of all. Prapitāmahaḥ is the father even of Pitāmaha (Brahma). Yajñaḥ because of being of the nature of sacrifice. Yajñapatiḥ is the lord of sacrifices. Yajvā is one who abides in sacrifices. Yajñāṅgaḥ is the boar incarnation whose limbs are sacrifices.