(6) The number of prescriptions for worshiping deities is endless, Uddhava. Let Me in brief explain it nicely, one step at a time.
(7) One should worship Me as one desires, following one of the three kinds of sacrifice according to the Vedas, the explanatory literatures [tantras like the Pancaratra] or a combination of them.
(8) Now hear from Me how a person, who according to the for him specific Vedic precepts achieved the status of a second birth, should worship Me with faith and devotion.
(9) He must, connected in bhakti, free from ulterior motives, with the necessary paraphernalia worship Me, his worshipable Guru, as being present...
1. in a deity
2. a sacrificial area
3. a fire
4. in the sun
5. in water
6. or in the twice-born heart itself
(10) For purification, he should first bathe and brush his teeth, and next purify himself with both types [Vedic and tantric] of mantras while applying clay [tilaka] and such [kavaca...].
(11) To be freed from his karma, he - perfectly convinced - should engage in My ritual worship [puja], and thereto perform duties as prescribed in the Vedas with worship and such [like expressing the Gayatri-mantra], at the three junctures of the day [dawn, noon and sunset].
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