History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c37.34

v3.c37.34

According ¹⁷⁰⁶ to Nārada, the Bhāgavata-purāṇa XI. 27. 9 and Vṛddha-Hārīta (VI. 128-129) Hari is to be worshipped in water, in fire, in the heart, in the sun, on the altar, in brāhmaṇas and in images. Śātātapa¹⁷⁰⁷ says 'the gods of ordinary men are in water, those of the knowing are in heaven, of the ignorant and of those of small intelligence are in wood and clay (i. e. images) and of the *yogin* in his own self (or heart)'. God is worshipped in fire by throwing oblations, in water by throwing flowers, in the heart by contemplation and in the orb of the sun by *japa*.