If the dancing god in the "pose of an archer", with all his Indian features, is included in a typical Sogdian cult scene with worshipers in local clothes with local ritual objects - a portable fire altar and a bunch of branches (leopard), then the already mentioned group with Shiva and Parvati, although it has Sogdian elements, on the whole it hardly allows for an Iranian (in the broad sense of the word) interpretation.

[5] In the wall painting of Penjikent, the Sogdian god Veshparkar is depicted in full growth, his body is wrapped around a cord with bells.

[6] According to N. N. Negmatov, the inscription Veshparkar is a Sogdian translation of the Sanskrit word Vishvakarman and means "creator of everything".

[7] Veshparkar-Vishvakarman, depicted as a four-armed and three-headed man seated on a horse, was one of the three main objects of veneration in pre-Islamic Ustrushana.

[7] According to B. I. Marshak, in addition to the Sogdian Buddhists and adherents of the Panjakent religion, Veshparkar was also revered by Manichaeans.