The aim of the verses of the Stvacintamani is to proclaim, within the framework of bhakti mysticism, effectively the non-dualistic doctrine of Trika Shaivism. It seems that people, during the time of Bhatta Narayana, were still adhering to such forms of Shaivism that followed either the trajectory of dualism or of qualified non-dualism. As to why people followed the inferior forms of spirituality is because of the enactment of such a divine play of which the Lord himself plays the game of hide-and-seek, which is to say: The game of “concealment” and “revelation.”