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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.55

మైత్రేయ ఉవాచ ఏవం భగవతాదిష్ట: ప్రజాపతిపతిర్హరిమ్ । అర్చిత్వా క్రతునా స్వేన దేవానుభయతోఽయజత్ ॥ ౫౫ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
evaṁ bhagavatādiṣṭaḥ
[evam bhagavataadishtah]
prajāpati-patir harim
[prajaapati-patir harim]
arcitvā kratunā svena
[architvaa kratunaa svena]
devān ubhayato ’yajat
[devaan ubhayato ’yajat]
maitreyaḥ — Maitreya uvāca — said evam — thus bhagavatā — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead ādiṣṭaḥ — having been instructed prajāpati-patiḥ — the head of all the Prajāpatis harim — Hari arcitvā — after worshiping kratunā — with the sacrificial ceremonies svena — his own devān — the demigods ubhayataḥ — separately ayajat — worshiped.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ
Maitreya
uvāca
said
evaṁ bhagavatādiṣṭaḥ
evam
thus
bhagavatā
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
ādiṣṭaḥ
having been instructed
prajāpati-patir harim
prajāpati-patiḥ
the head of all the Prajāpatis
harim
Hari
arcitvā kratunā svena
arcitvā
after worshiping
kratunā
with the sacrificial ceremonies
svena
his own
devān ubhayato ’yajat
devān
the demigods
ubhayataḥ
separately
ayajat
worshiped.
The sage Maitreya said: Thus Dakṣa, the head of all Prajāpatis, having been nicely instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped Lord Viṣṇu. After worshiping Him by performing the prescribed sacrificial ceremonies, Dakṣa separately worshiped Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva.

Lord Viṣṇu should be offered everything, and His prasāda should be distributed to all the demigods. This practice is still followed in the temple of Jagannātha at Purī. There are many temples of demigods around the main temple of Jagannātha, and the prasāda which is offered first to Jagannātha is distributed to all the demigods. The deity of Bhagālin is worshiped with the prasāda of Viṣṇu, and also, in the famous Lord Śiva temple of Bhuvaneśvara, the prasāda of Lord Viṣṇu or Lord Jagannātha is offered to the deity of Lord Śiva. This is the Vaiṣṇava principle. The Vaiṣṇava does not deride even ordinary living entities, including the small ant; everyone is offered proper respect according to his position. The offering, however, is in relation to the center, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu. The devotee who is highly elevated sees the relationship to Kṛṣṇa in everything; he does not see anything as being independent of Kṛṣṇa. That is his vision of oneness.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: Being instructed by the Lord, Dakṣa, after worshipping the Lord through a specific sacrifice, worshipped the devatās by main and subsidiary sacrifices. Prajāpati-patiḥ is Dakṣa. Ubhayataḥ means “by secondary and primary sacrifices.”
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