Text 24] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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one should not worship the Deity until one has digested his food, nor should one touch the Deity or engage in any Deity worship after eating safflower oil or hing. These are also offenses.
In other places, the following offenses are listed: (a) to be against the scriptural injunctions of the Vedic literature or to disrespect within one's heart the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  while externally falsely accepting its principles, (b) to introduce differing  śāstras , (c) to chew pan and betel before the Deity, (d) to keep flowers for worship on the leaf of a castor oil plant, (e) to worship the Deity in the afternoon, (f) to sit on the altar or to sit on the floor to worship the Deity (without a seat), (g) to touch the Deity with the left hand while bathing the Deity, (h) to worship the Deity 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 apply  tilaka  to one's forehead in a curved way, (l) to enter the temple without having washed one's feet, (m) to offer the Deity food cooked by an uninitiated person, (n) to worship the Deity and offer  bhoga  to the Deity within the vision of an uninitiated person or non-Vaiṣṇava, (o) to offer worship to the Deity without worshiping Vaikuṇṭha deities like Gaṇeśa, (p) to worship the Deity while perspiring, (q) to refuse flowers offered to 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 one chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā . This is confirmed in the  Śkanda-Purāṇa ,  Avantī-khaṇḍa . Similarly, there is another injunction, stating that one who reads the thousand names of Viṣṇu can be released from all offenses. In the same  Śkanda-Purāṇa ,  Revā-khaṇḍa , it is said that one who recites prayers to  tulasī  or sows a  tulasī  seed is also freed from all offenses. Similarly, one who worships the  śālagrāma-śilā  can also be relieved of offenses. In the  Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa  it is said that one who worships Lord Viṣṇu, whose four hands bear a conchshell, disc, lotus flower and club, can be relieved from the above offenses. In the  Ādivarāha Purāṇa  it is said that a worshiper who has committed offenses may fast for one day at the holy place known as Śaukarava and then bathe in the Ganges.
In the process of worshiping the Deity it is sometimes enjoined that one worship the Deity within the mind. In the  Padma Purāṇa ,  Uttara-khaṇḍa , it is said, "All persons can generally worship within the mind." The  Gautamīya Tantra  states, "For a  sannyāsī  who has no home,