Ādi-līlā, Chapter 7
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install deities of Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Śiva, the sun-god, goddess Durgā and sometimes Lord Brahmā also, and this system is continuing at present in India under the guise of the Hindu religion. Vaiṣṇavas can also worship all these demigods, but only on the principles of  Brahma-saṁhitā , which is recommended by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We may note in this connection the  mantras  for worshiping Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā, goddess Durgā, the sun-god and Gaṇeśa, as described in the  Brahma-saṁhitā :
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekā 
  chāyeva yasya bhuvanāni bibharti durgā 
  icchānurūpam api yasya ca ceṣṭate sā 
  govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
“The external potency,  māyā , who is of the nature of the shadow of the  cit  [spiritual] potency, is worshiped by all people as Durgā, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, in accordance with whose will Durgā conducts herself.” (Bs. 5.44)
kṣīraṁ yathā dadhi vikāra-viśeṣa-yogāt 
  sañjāyate na hi tataḥ pṛthag asti hetoḥ 
  yaḥ śambhutām api tathā samupaiti kāryād 
  govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
“Milk is transformed into curd by the actions of acids, yet the effect ‘curd’ is neither the same as nor different from its cause, viz., milk. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, of whom the state of Śambu is a similar transformation for the performance of the work of destruction.” (Bs. 5.45)
bhāsvān yathāśma-śakaleṣu nijeṣu tejaḥ 
  svīyaṁ kiyat prakaṭayaty api tad-vadatra 
  brahmā ya eṣa jagadaṇḍa-vidhāna-kartā 
  govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
“I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, from whom the separated subjective portion Brahmā receives his power for the regulation of the mundane world, just as the sun manifests a portion of his own light in all the effulgent gems that bear such names as  sūrya-kānta .” (Bs. 5.49)
yat-pāda-pallava-yugaṁ vinidhāya kumbha- 
  dvandve praṇāma-samaye sa gaṇādhirājaḥ 
  vighnān vihantum alam asya jagat-trayasya 
  govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
“I worship the primeval Lord Govinda. Gaṇeśa always holds His lotus feet upon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head in order to obtain power for his