272 Sti Caitanya-caritamrta {[Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

The words sevya bhagavan in this verse are important. Bhagavan indicates the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu. Lord Visnu alone is worshipable.
There is no need to worship demigods. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:

kamais tais tair hrta-jAanah
prapadyante ‘nya-devatah

tam tam niyamam asthaya
prakrtya niyatah svaya

“Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods
and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own
natures.” (Bg. 7.20)

It is also stated in the Skanda Purana:

vasudevarn parityajya
yo ‘anya-devam upasate
svamataram parityajya
$va-pacim vandate hi sah

“A person who worships the demigods and gives up Lord Vasudeva is like a man
who gives up the protection of his mother for the shelter of a witch.”
It is also stated in Bhagavad-gita (9.23):

ye ‘py anya-devata-bhakta
yajante sraddhayanvitah

te ‘pi mam eva kaunteya
yajanty avidhi-purvakam

“Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunti, is really meant for
Me alone, but it is offered without true understanding.”

Demigods are also living entities and parts and parcels of Krsna. Therefore in
one sense one worships Krsna when one worships the demigods, but not in the
proper way. There is a proper method to water a tree. One should water the
roots, but if one waters the leaves and branches instead, he is simply wasting his
time. If one worships the demigods to the exclusion of Lord Visnu, his rewards will
only be material. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:

antavat tu phalarm tesam
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
mad-bhakta yanti mam api
