If it be said that (the corporeal individuality of the gods involves) a contradiction to (sacrificial) works; we deny that, on account of the observation of the assumption (on the part of the gods) of several (forms).
Brahma Sutras 1:3:27
Here, when it talks about the multiple bodies devas can assume, are these bodies the idols that humans build? Do the devas assume the idols as their physical forms?