आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Type of worship (puja) performed by
Smarta brahmins, a group of brahmins
distinguished, not by region or family,
but by the religious texts they hold most
authoritative—in this case, those known
as the smrtis rather than sectarian religious texts. The panchayatana puja is
marked by the simultaneous worship of
five different deities—usually Vishnu,
Shiva, Surya, Ganesh, and the Goddess.
Individual Smartas may choose one or
another from among these as their primary deity, but all these deities are ritually honored since they are all
considered manifestations of the divine.