SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 24] Prahlida, the Saintly Son of Hiryaka8ipu 259one should not worship the Deity until one has digested his food, norshould one touch the Deity or engage in any Deity worship after eatingsaffiower oil or hing. These are also offenses.In other places, the following offenses are listed: (a) to be against thescriptural injunctions of the Vedic literature or to disrespect within one'sheart the Srimad-Bhagavatam while externally falsely accepting itsprinciples, (b) to introduce differing sdstras, (c) to chew pan and betelbefore the Deity, (d) to keep flowers for worship on the leaf of a castoroil plant, (e) to worship the Deity in the afternoon, (j) to sit on the altaror to sit on the floor to worship the Deity (without a seat), (g) to touchthe Deity with the left hand while bathing the Deity, (h) to worship theDeity with a stale or used flower, (i) to spit while worshiping the Deity,(j) to advertise one's glory while worshiping the Deity, (k) to applytilaka to one's forehead in a curved way, ((J to enter the temple withouthaving washed one's feet, (m) to offer the Deity food rooked by anuninitiated person, (n) to worship the Deity and offer bhoga to the Deitywithin the vision of an uninitiated person or non-VaiQava, (o) to offerworship to the Deity without worshiping VaikuQ!ha deities like GaQe8a,(p) to worship the Deity while perspiring, (q) to refuse flowers offeredto the Deity, (r) to take a vow or oath in the holy name of the Lord.If one commits any of the above offenses, one must read at least onechapter of Bhagavad-gita. This is confirmed in the Skanda-Purar:uz,Avanti-kha. Similarly, there is another injunction, stating that onewho reads the thousand names of ViQu can be released from alloffenses. In the same Skanda-Purar:uz, Reva-kha, it is said that onewho recites prayers to tulasi or sows a tulasi seed is also freed from alloffenses. Similarly, one who worships the salagrama-sila can also berelieved of offenses. In the Brahma Purar:uz it is said that one whoworships Lord ViQU, whose four hands bear a conchshell, disc, lotusflower and club, can be relieved from the above offenses. In the AdivarahaPurar:uz it is said that a worshiper who has committed offensesmay fast for one day at the holy place known as Saukarava and thenbathe in the Ganges.In the process of worshiping the Deity it is sometimes enjoined thatone worship the Deity within the mind. In the Padma Purar:uz, Uttarakha,it is said, "All persons can generally worship within the mind."The Gautamiya Tantra states, "For a sannydsi who has no home,