Jain dharm ke anusar, shravak (purush upasak) aur shravika (mahila upasika) mukhyatah Tirthankar, Arihant, Siddh, Acharya, Upadhyay aur Sadhu-Sadhvi ki pooja karte hain. Jain Aagam aur shastron ke anusar, devta ya devi (lokik dev-devi) ki pooja ka prachar nahin hai. Jain dharm me devta ya devi ki pooja ko anuchit mana gaya hai, kyunki Jain dharm ke hisab se mukti aur kalyan ke liye keval Arihant aur Siddh ki sharnagati aur pooja hi faldayak hai.

Jain Aagam granthon me, vishesh roop se "Dashavaikalik Sutra", "Uttaradhyayana Sutra", "Ratnakaranda Shravakachar" jaise granthon me, shravak ke kartavya spashṭ kiye gaye hain, jisme dev-devi ki pooja ka varnan ya aadesh nahi diya gaya hai. "Ratnakaranda Shravakachar" (Acharya Samantbhadra dwara rachit) me bhi shravak ke liye shuddh upasana ka varnan hai, jisme keval Pancha Parmesthi ki pooja ka ullekh hai.

Iske alawa, Jain darshan dev-devi ki pooja ko mithya shraddha (galat vishwas) manata hai. "Tattvartha Sutra" (Acharya Umaswati) ke adhyay 9, sutra 6 me spashṭ hai ki shravak ko mithya shraddha se bachna chahiye, jisme dev-devi, pret, bhut adi ki pooja shamil hai.

Saransh: Jain shravak ya shravika ko devi-devta ki pooja nahi karni chahiye. Iski pushti Jain Agam, Ratnakaranda Shravakachar aur Tattvartha Sutra jaise pramukh granthon me milti hai.

Sandarbh:

• Ratnakaranda Shravakachar (Acharya Samantbhadra)
• Tattvartha Sutra (Acharya Umaswati) Adhyay 9
• Uttaradhyayana Sutra