There are 32 offences considered in the worship of the Deity: To enter the temple in a palanquin or with shoes, to not observe festivals such as the appearance days of the Lord, to not offer ones obeisances when coming before the Lord, to offer prayers to the Lord without having properly washed after taken one's meal, to come before the Lord in an unclean state (uncleaniness from being in contact with contaminated objects or from a death in the family), to offer obeisances with one hand, to turn one's back to the Lord during circumambulation, to wash one's feet before the Lord, to sit in front of the Lord while holding one's knees or elbows with his hands, to lie down before the Lord, to engage in mundane talks with someone before the Deity, to cry before the Deity, to eat before the Lord, to tell lies before the Lord, to talk loudly before the Deity, to show favour or disfavour to anyone in His presence, to speak harshly or sruelly to anyone before Him, to come before the Deity having covered one’s body with a blanket, to criticize anyone before the Deity, to praise anyone before the Deity, to speak vulgar or obscene words before the Lord, to offer inferior articles to the Lord during worship though one has the capabilitv to offer superior articles, to eat unoffered foods, to not offer seasonal fruits to the Lord, to offer foodstuffs which have already been tasted by someone else to the Lord, to sit with one's back to the Lord, to offer obeisances to anyone else before the Lord, to remain silent in front of the guru (to not recite prayers in his presence or to remain silent when questioned by him), to praise oneself, and to criticize or blaspheme the demigods.
There is also mention of offences in Deity worship in the Varaha Purana: To eat foodstuffs provided by materialists, to touch the Deity's body in a dark room, to go to the Deity at an irregulated time, to open the door to temple without having first rung the bell, to collect for use in the worship of the Deity any foodstuffs or other ingredient, any portion of which has been eaten or seen by a dog or other such animal, to break silence while performing worship, to go for passing urine or stool while worshipping the Deity, to offer incense without having offered sandalwood pulp and flower garlands first, to offer worship with forbidden flowers, to perform worship without having brushed one's teeth, after one has had intimate contact with a woman, seen a woman in her menses, touched a lamp or dead body, put on an unwashed, blood stained or blue cloth, or cloth belonging to someone eke, seen a dead body, passed air, become angry, gone to the cremation grounds, not digested one's meal, eaten safflowers, safflower spinach. or sesame oil cake, or having put oil on one's body.
Also. to present some other scriptures in preference to the Bhagavatam, to chew pan in front of the Deity, to worship with flowers which have been placed on a leaf of the Castor oil plant, to worship the Deity at improper (demoniac) hours, to sit on a wooden seat or on the ground while performing worship, to touch the Deities with one's left hand while bathirig Them, to worship the Deity with old or begged-for flowers, spit while worshipping, to praise oneself or consider oneself (while worshipping or in the matter of worshipping) to be the best pujari), to put on crooked tilaka to enter the temple without having washed one's feet, to offer foodstuffs cooked by non-Vaisnavas to the Deity, to not first worship Ganesh, to worship after having seen some tantrik, to bathe the Deity in water which was touched by the fingernails, to worship while profusely perspiring, to step over flowers, and to take vows in the name of the Deity. Beside these there are still other various offences mentioned in the sastras.