As an important step for our understanding the faith and philosophy, the One Supreme Truth as Formless "Nirguna Brahman" takes the forms of various Deities for the benefit of the understanding of the Devotees. He is also "Savisesha Brahman" the Form beyond explanation. This is explained in the Agamas and various Ihtihasas and Puranas. These Ithihasas and Puranas are often referred by the Western equivalent as mythologies though they are not imaginary "Myths". Most of us feel that action [Karma] without desire, greed or lust is the basic step. Then meditation, concentration and faith with discipline [Raja Yoga] form the next step. After this stage, some feel one should acquire the devotion [Bhakthi] to the Supreme Truth to reach and attain the Divine knowledge [Jñana Yoga] and liberation. Some others feel that the Divine knowledge will lead us to devotion [Bhakthi] and total surrender to the Divine [Prapatthi] for the ultimate bliss.

A person who is "Thamasika" with ignorance, Avidhya, or false knowledge, guided by materialism, greed and lust only, can not comprehend and understand these Divine Incarnations. He will consider them as normal mortals who were elevated to this level of reverence and falsely worshipped as Divine. A "Rajasika" who has limited knowledge of Dharma and is guided by material pleasures only, considers these incarnations as humans of superior characters who were elevated to a high level and are worthy of our prayers. It needs the superior divine knowledge of a "Sathvika" to really understand the true nature of the Divine incarnations as given in Hindu Puranas as the descent of the Supreme Brahman for the ascent of the Human soul in times of calamities and despair to destroy the evil, to preserve and protect the Humanity and to establish the rule of Divine law. Here Jñana is like the unencompassed glow of sunshine to guide our path and Avidhya or ignorance is a negative state of darkness or absence of such light.